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CVE-2017-8536Not scoredCWE-119

CVE-2017-8536: Microsoft Corporation Malware Protection Engine vulnerability

Microsoft Corporation · Malware Protection Engine

Affected: Microsoft Corporation Malware Protection Engine · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

16.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
97th percentile
050100

Higher than 97% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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-2017-8537, CVE-2017-8539, and CVE-2017-8542.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Microsoft Corporation · Malware Protection EngineMicrosoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Win…

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Exploitation
Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Published
May 2017

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2017-8536 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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