PT-2014-4907 · Microsoft · Malware Protection Engine

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2014-06-18 · Updated 2016-09-02 · CVE-2014-2779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Malware Protection Engine versions prior to 1.1.10701.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang, by using a crafted file. This is related to the mpengine.dll component.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.10701.0, update to version 1.1.10701.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2779

Affected Products

Malware Protection Engine

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2779 · Security Note
• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2974294 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59337 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030438 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68076 · Note