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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine < 1.1.13804 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 100551
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Synopsis
An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.13804.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist due to improper scanning of specially crafted files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these, by convincing a user to download or open a malicious file, to cause the monitoring service to stop. (CVE-2017-8535, CVE-2017-8536, CVE-2017-8537, CVE-2017-8539, CVE-2017-8542)
- Multiple memory corruption issues exist due to improper validation of input when scanning specially crafted files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these, by convincing a user to download or open a malicious file, to cause a denial of service condition or the possible execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-8538, CVE-2017-8541)
- A use-after-free error exists in the garbage collection system used for managing JavaScript objects when scanning specially crafted files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to download or open a malicious file, to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-8540)
- A flaw exits in the x86 emulator implementation for the Win32 API due to improper restrictions on access to certain NTDLL routines. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to download or open a malicious file, to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Note that Nessus has checked if a vulnerable version of MMPE is being used by any of the following applications :
- Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
- Microsoft Endpoint Protection
- Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint
- Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Windows Defender for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 10 1607, Windows 10 1703, and Windows Server 2016
- Windows Intune Endpoint Protection
Solution
Enable automatic updates to update the scan engine for the relevant antimalware applications. Refer to Knowledge Base Article 2510781 for information on how to verify that MMPE has been updated.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b798c511
http://www.nessus.org/u?34db9ea8
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1260
http://www.nessus.org/u?f8fbaf43
http://www.nessus.org/u?11f499cd
http://www.nessus.org/u?e396b434
http://www.nessus.org/u?488a2d94
http://www.nessus.org/u?8c519ccb
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 100551
File Name: microsoft_mpeng_1_1_13804.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 5/31/2017
Updated: 4/25/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8541
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2017
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-8535, CVE-2017-8536, CVE-2017-8537, CVE-2017-8538, CVE-2017-8539, CVE-2017-8540, CVE-2017-8541, CVE-2017-8542