Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Title Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft defender For Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-367
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft defender For Endpoint
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T03:58:48.354Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:53:31.990Z

Link: CVE-2026-56178

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T18:55:35.330Z

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