CVE-2017-8541
35Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 48%
from disclosure to weapon4 days
Published on NVDMay 26
1st PoC+4d
exploitation probability
48%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
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 memory corruption. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability", a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8538 and CVE-2017-8540.
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Malware Protection Enginepublic PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
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