CVE-2017-0290 Information

Description

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 does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption aka \Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.\

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98330 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038419 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038420 https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/05/0patching-worst-windows-remote-code.html https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-defender-nscript-remote-vulnerability/ https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0290 https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344 https://twitter.com/natashenka/status/861748397409058816 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41975/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8