CVE detail
CVE-2017-8558
The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on 32-bit versions of 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 does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
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Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy has unearthed yet another critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, which powers a number of the company’s antivirus and antispyware software. Discovered earlier this month with the help of a fuzzer for the Windows Defender component created by Ormandy himself, the vulnerability affects the x86 emulator in Windows Defender, which “runs as SYSTEM, is unsandboxed, is enabled by default and remotely accessible to attackers.” … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJun 27, 2017, 7:02 PM- 2017-6-26 Global Cyber Attack ReportsCheck Point Research
TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Honda, the Japanese motor conglomerate, has halted its car production in one of its domestic car plants, after finding WannaCry ransomware in its network. The affected plant produces approximately 1,000 vehicles a day. It is unknown how and when Honda’s network got infected. In a related topic, WannaCry has hit 55 […]
vendorresearch.checkpoint.comJun 26, 2017, 9:36 PM
Exploit code
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