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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2018-0986
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection.

INFO

Published Date :

April 4, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-0986 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 windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_7
3 Microsoft windows_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
5 Microsoft windows_server_2008
6 Microsoft windows_server_2012
7 Microsoft windows_server_2016
8 Microsoft exchange_server
9 Microsoft windows_defender
10 Microsoft security_essentials
11 Microsoft system_center_endpoint_protection
12 Microsoft forefront_endpoint_protection_2010
13 Microsoft intune_endpoint_protection
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 13
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • 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.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-0986.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-0986 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-2018-0986 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-0986 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-0986 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631
    Added Reference https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_r2_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-787
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 Vendor Advisory https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:security_essentials:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:security_essentials:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_r2_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_r2_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0986 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:security_essentials:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_2012_r2_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, 1709 and Windows Server 2016, Windows Server, version 1709, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016, does not properly scan a specially crafted file leading to remote code execution. aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44402/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040631 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103593 [No Types Assigned]
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

76.02 }} -0.70%

score

0.98862

percentile