CVE-2017-0290

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."

CVSS v3.0

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

81.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2017-05-09

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• homjxi0e/CVE-2017-0290-0★ · 2017-05-11

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41975

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-7255
• CVE-2017-0108
• CVE-2017-1000367
• CVE-2017-2671
• CVE-2017-3078
• CVE-2017-3881