01 Record

CVE-2017-0290

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 81.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-05-09 06:03Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 13:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3334dc6a7dfcf3e681fa049e07ebe0fda2ec1460038b01545a76877596a9cbcc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft Malware Protection EngineMicrosoft 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016—

06 References

arstechnica.comhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-defender-nscript-remote-vulnerability/x_refsource_MISC
bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252x_refsource_MISC
portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0290x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1038420http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038420vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.exploit-db.com41975https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41975/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
www.securitytracker.com1038419http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038419vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
0patch.blogspot.sihttps://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/05/0patching-worst-windows-remote-code.htmlx_refsource_MISC
twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/natashenka/status/861748397409058816x_refsource_MISC
technet.microsoft.comhttps://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4022344x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com98330http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98330vdb-entryx_refsource_BID