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Microsoft Forefront Security: vulnerabilities and CVEs

Microsoft Forefront Security has 7 published vulnerabilities, 0 of them in the last 12 months. 0 are rated critical and 1 are listed by CISA as actively exploited.

CVEs7
Last 12 months0
Critical0
Actively exploited1

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🔴 Actively exploited (CISA KEV)

CVESeverityEPSSActive exploitationPublishedDescription
CVE-2017-8540High (7.8)72%⚠ Active exploitationMay 26, 2017
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,…

Latest vulnerabilities

CVESeverityEPSSActive exploitationPublishedDescription
CVE-2017-8542Medium (5.5)6.0%—May 26, 2017
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,…
CVE-2017-8541High (7.8)48%—May 26, 2017
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,…
CVE-2017-8540High (7.8)72%⚠ Active exploitationMay 26, 2017
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,…
CVE-2017-8539Medium (5.5)6.0%—May 26, 2017
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,…
CVE-2017-8538High (7.8)50%—May 26, 2017
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,…
CVE-2017-0290High (7.8)81%—May 9, 2017
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,…
CVE-2006-5270High (9.3)30%—Feb 13, 2007
Integer overflow in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll), as used by Windows Live OneCare, Antigen, Defender, and Forefront Security, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

🎯 How it gets exploited (ATT&CK techniques)

  1. T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter1
  2. T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution1

Number of CVEs of this technology mapped to each exploitation or primary-impact technique.

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