CVE-2008-1437

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Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in mu

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (engine hang and restart) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1438.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.5026

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft antigen for exchangeall versions
microsoft antigen for smtp gatewayall versions
microsoft diagnostics and recovery toolkitall versions
microsoft forefront client securityall versions
microsoft forefront security for exchange serverall versions
microsoft forefront security for sharepointall versions
microsoft malware protection engineall versions
microsoft windows defenderall versions
Show all 9 affected productsmicrosoft windows live onecareall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighMicrosoft Malware Protection Engine Crash

producthighMicrosoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER

producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

producthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging

producthighPotential Windows Defender AV Bypass Via Dump64.EXE Rename

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producthighSuspicious Uninstall of Windows Defender Feature via PowerShell

producthighWindows Defender Context Menu Removed

producthighSuspicious Windows Defender Registry Key Tampering Via Reg.EXE

producthighDisabling Windows Defender WMI Autologger Session via Reg.exe

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD13 May 2008 · 10:20 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/30172Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29060

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020016

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.htmlUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/references

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13981

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