CVE-2017-8558 Information

Description

The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on 32-bit versions of 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 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99262 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038783 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038784 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8558 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42264/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8