CVE-2008-1437
Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
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.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
13% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 96th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 6614 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- EPSS band changehigh → moderate
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- antigen for exchangeSecurity Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
- antigen for smtp gatewaySecurity Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
- diagnostics and recovery toolkitOperating Systems / windows
- forefront client securitySecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- forefront security for exchange serverSecurity Products
- forefront security for sharepointSecurity Products
- malware protection engineSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
- windows defenderSecurity Products / endpoint-av-edr
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Technical detail
CVSS 2.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Scored 5.0 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
- Authentication NoneNo authentication required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability PartialReduced performance or service disruption
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
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