PT-2008-3011 · Microsoft · Malware Protection Engine

Sowhat · Published 2008-05-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-1438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Malware Protection Engine versions 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically disk space exhaustion, by utilizing a file with crafted data structures. This triggers the creation of large temporary files.

Recommendations For version 1.1.3520.0, update to a version that addresses the issue. For version 0.1.13.192, update to a version that addresses the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1438

Affected Products

Malware Protection Engine

References · 9

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1438 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/references · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020016 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29073 · Note