CVE-2017-8538Critical

Microsoft advisory for CVE-2017-8538

Published
May 25, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-8538 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

EchelonGraph does not copy Microsoft's advisory page: its FAQ and remediation text are not shown here. Read the advisory on https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8538. This page also shows what EchelonGraph holds for CVE-2017-8538, with the description from its CVE record, which the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned the CVE wrote: for a CVE Microsoft assigned, often in the words of Microsoft's own advisory.

🎯 Affected products26

  • Microsoft Endpoint Protection
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
  • Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection
  • Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
  • Microsoft Security Essentials
  • Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows Defender on Windows RT 8.1
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Intune Endpoint Protection

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2017-8538

EchelonGraph score
8.2 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

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-2017-8540 and CVE-2017-8541.

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2017-8538, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (1)