CVE-2017-8540 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 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-2017-8541.

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/98703 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8540 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42088/

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