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    Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges

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    Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine ("mpengine.dll"), which provides scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for its antivirus and

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    Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-rogueplanet-defender.html

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