CVE-2017-8539 is a Denial of Service vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, and Exchange Server. The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted file that the engine fails to properly scan. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV catalog inclusion, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.1.13704.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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