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CVE-2018-0986observed exploitation

CVE-2018-0986

57Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Actepss 63%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDApr 4
1st PoC+1d
VulnCheck+692d
exploitation probability
63%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
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.
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