{"id":7820,"date":"2025-07-08T13:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=7820"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:33:40","slug":"microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-mde-elevation-of-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=7820","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) &#8211; Elevation of Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Exploit Details<\/h2>\n<h3>Basic Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Exploit Title<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) &#8211; Elevation of Privilege<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Exploit ID<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">EDB-ID:52355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Type<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">exploitdb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Published<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-07-08T00:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Modified<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-07-08T00:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>CVSS Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">CVSS Score<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Severity<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; color: #ff4444; font-weight: bold;\">HIGH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; 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