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CVE-2017-8540

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Improper Restriction of Operations Vulnerability

UrgentCVSS 7.8 v3.1Exploited

Why this priority

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Generic watch priority computed by public, versioned rules. It does not know your assets. See the glossary

  • Présent dans le catalogue CISA KEV (exploitation confirmée)

Description

The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016, does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft CorporationMalware Protection Engine
  • Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016.
MicrosoftMalware Protection EngineAll versions

Revision history

  1. Revision 3

  2. Revision 2

    Update : Affected versions changed

  3. Revision 1

    New record

Qualification

CVSS severity
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Technical severity score between 0 and 10, with its version (3.1, 4.0). See the glossary

7.8 HIGH CVSS v3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
KEV catalog
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CISA catalog of vulnerabilities with confirmed exploitation. Absence from the catalog does not prove absence of exploitation. See the glossary

Listed
Exploitation
Confirmed
EPSS probability
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Probability, between 0 and 1, that a vulnerability is exploited in the next 30 days, published daily by FIRST. Always dated. See the glossary

Unknown
Confidence
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Quality of the sources behind the record. It is not a risk score. See the glossary

High

Priority rules, version 1

CISA KEV catalog

Added on
3 March 2022
Federal due date
24 March 2022
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware use
Unknown

Record

Published on
26 May 2017
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-119, CWE-787

Sources

References

CVE-2017-8540 Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Improper Restriction of Operations Vulnerability · Avanguard TACTIC