Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Improper Restriction of Operations Vulnerability
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".
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Malware Protection Engine
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 72.0%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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”.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-03-24.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.