Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-10-14T17:01:48.832Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-22T17:26:08.986Z

Source :

microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-59497 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux
Microsoft
  • Defender For Endpoint
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URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59497 cve-icon cve-icon
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