CVE-2017-11940

N/A

Published: December 8, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC

9 products affected across 1 vendorMalware Protection EngineWindows Server 2016Windows 10

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 21%

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". This is different than CVE-2017-11937.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Malware Protection Engine · Microsoft

95%

v ≤ 1.1.14306.0Microsoft 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.

microsoft-exchange-server (environment) · microsoft-forefront-endpoint-protection-2010 (environment) · microsoft-windows-10 (environment) · microsoft-windows-7 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-defender (environment) · microsoft-windows-rt-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2016 (environment)

Exchange Server · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows 10 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows 7 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions