CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0290
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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 does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft forefront security
• microsoft malware protection engine (<= 1.1.13701.0)
• microsoft windows defender
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98330 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038419 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038420 www.securitytracker.com
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/05/0patching-worst-windows-remote-code.html 0patch.blogspot.si
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-defender-nscript-remote-vulnerability/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0290 Vendor Advisory
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/natashenka/status/861748397409058816 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41975/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98330 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038419 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038420 www.securitytracker.com
- https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/05/0patching-worst-windows-remote-code.html 0patch.blogspot.si
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-defender-nscript-remote-vulnerability/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0290 Vendor Advisory
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/natashenka/status/861748397409058816 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41975/ www.exploit-db.com