CVE-2017-8542

EPSS 6.0%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 6.0%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

26 May 2017Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation · Malware Protection

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References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8542 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98707 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571