Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2017-8540 First vendor Publication 2017-05-26
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8540

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 10
Application 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2020-03-10 Microsoft Windows MsMpEng JavaScript garbage collection use after free attempt
RuleID : 53060 - Revision : 1 - Type : OS-WINDOWS
2020-03-10 Microsoft Windows MsMpEng JavaScript garbage collection use after free attempt
RuleID : 53059 - Revision : 1 - Type : OS-WINDOWS
2017-07-04 Microsoft Windows MsMpEng JavaScript garbage collection use after free attempt
RuleID : 43057 - Revision : 3 - Type : OS-WINDOWS
2017-07-04 Microsoft Windows MsMpEng JavaScript garbage collection use after free attempt
RuleID : 43056 - Revision : 3 - Type : OS-WINDOWS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-31 Name : An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by multip...
File : microsoft_mpeng_1_1_13804.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98703
CONFIRM https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8540
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42088/
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038571

Alert History

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Date Informations
2021-07-23 01:26:14
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2020-05-23 02:09:00
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2020-05-23 01:04:29
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2017-08-13 09:23:43
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2017-07-08 09:24:10
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2017-06-07 00:23:13
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2017-06-01 13:24:59
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2017-05-30 09:24:09
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2017-05-27 05:23:11
  • First insertion