CVE-2017-0290
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Memory corruption
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)77%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (4)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344Patch
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0290Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98330Advisory
- 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/Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252Advisory