PT-2017-18396 · Microsoft · Malware Protection Engine+8

Mateusz Jurczyk · Published 2017-05-26 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2017-8537

OSV

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Uncontrolled Recursion

Divide By Zero

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-674

CWE-369

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8537

Affected Products

Malware Protection Engine

Outlook Web App

Endpoint Protection

Exchange Server

Forefront Endpoint Protection

Security Essentials

System Center Endpoint Protection

Windows Defender

Windows Intune Endpoint Protection

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42081 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8537 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8537 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8537 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98705 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038571 · Note