5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1438
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Disk Space Exhaustion Denial of Service Vuln
Description

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 (disk space exhaustion) via a file with "crafted data structures" that trigger the creation of large temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1437.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2008, 10:20 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 12, 2018, 9:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1438 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft forefront_client_security
2 Microsoft windows_defender
3 Microsoft malware_protection_engine
4 Microsoft windows_live_onecare
5 Microsoft antigen_for_exchange
6 Microsoft antigen_for_smtp_gateway
7 Microsoft diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit
8 Microsoft forefront_security_for_exchange_server
9 Microsoft forefront_security_for_sharepoint

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1438 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1438 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-029.mspx [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14375 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1438 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1438 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

12.54 }} 3.84%

score

0.95571

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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