CVE-2017-8537

EPSS 16.8%

Vexday Risk Score

28Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS —EPSS 16.8%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

26 May 2017Published on NVD

29 May 2017Public PoC

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation · Malware Protection Engine

public PoCs found — 2

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081unverified

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References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8537 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42081/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98705 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571