CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8538
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-26
- 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, 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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft forefront security
• microsoft malware protection engine (<= 1.1.13704.0)
• 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/98706 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571 www.securitytracker.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8538 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98706 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571 www.securitytracker.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8538 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/ www.exploit-db.com