CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8537
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119, CWE-369, CWE-476, CWE-674
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 denial of service. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8535, CVE-2017-8536, CVE-2017-8539, and CVE-2017-8542.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows defender
• microsoft endpoint protection
• microsoft exchange server 2013
• microsoft exchange server 2016
• microsoft forefront endpoint protection
• microsoft forefront endpoint protection 2010
• microsoft security essentials
• microsoft system center endpoint protection
• microsoft windows intune endpoint protection
Related
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98705 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8537 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98705 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8537 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry