{"id":"CVE-2025-59497","title":"Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.","summary":"Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-367"],"vendor":"microsoft","product":"defender_for_endpoint","affected":["defender_for_endpoint < 101.25032.0010"],"patched":["defender_for_endpoint 101.25032.0010"],"published":"2025-10-14","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T23:10:00.237","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59497","references":[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59497","label":"secure@microsoft.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00206,"epssPercentile":0.09586,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T23:29:32.430Z","slug":"CVE-2025-59497","body":"## Overview\n\nTime-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `defender_for_endpoint < 101.25032.0010`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `defender_for_endpoint 101.25032.0010`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}