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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2017-8540

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-2017-8538 and CVE-2017-8541.

CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:71.96%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2022-03-03
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2022-03-24
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
71.961%
EPSS Percentile
99.3th pct
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
SSVC Automatable
Vulnerability Class

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

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