CVE-2017-8540CISA KEV
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Improper Restriction of Operations Vulnerability
CISA lists this Microsoft vulnerability as known exploited. Its MSRC release detail is outside this installation's collected history.
CISA catalog record
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".
- Product
- Malware Protection Engine
- Added to KEV
- 3 Mar 2022
- Federal remediation due
- 24 Mar 2022
- Known ransomware use
- Not reported