Hey fellow tech enthusiasts! I've noticed some C++ vulnerabilities popping up recently in Defender and Azure Defender for Cloud. Has anyone else experienced this during the past week?
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Yeah, I've seen those as well! I spent about an hour yesterday updating the vulnerable versions and cleaning up anything outdated.
I've dealt with something like this before (using Qualys instead of Defender). Sometimes there are leftover files in the registry which can trigger detections. I found that running a command like this for each old version usually helps:
"C:ProgramDataPackage Cache{6c6356fe-cbfa-4944-9bed-a9e99f45cb7a}VC redist.x64.exe" /uninstall /quiet /norestart
Most users won't be affected, but I had one funny situation where a user kept reinstalling the VC redist because they used an old installer. It was amusing to see their frustration as I cleaned things up over several days.
Awesome, good to know! I’ll definitely give that a try. Thanks for sharing!