CVE-2017-8538

The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1…

published May 26, 2017

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 98.9th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
50%
Percentile
98.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8540 and CVE-2017-8541.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.50000 · 98.9th percentile
Published
2017-05-26T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAY 20:00Z
    The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1…
    cvelistv5