Question

You are a security administrator using Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management. Leadership requests a report identifying every managed device that has a specific version of a third-party PDF reader installed, because a critical zero-day was just published for that exact version. You need the fastest way to list all affected devices without writing custom code. What should you do in the Microsoft Defender portal?

Accepted Answer

Open Vulnerability management > Software inventory, locate the software, and view its exposed devices list

Answer

Create a device tag for the affected devices and filter the device inventory by that tag

Answer

Open Vulnerability management > Recommendations and request remediation for all outstanding items

Answer

Run an antivirus scan across all onboarded devices and review the scan results