CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-0986
High (8.8) in microsoft. EPSS 63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:exchange_server
- microsoft:forefront_endpoint_protection_2010
- microsoft:intune_endpoint_protection
- microsoft:security_essentials
- microsoft:system_center_endpoint_protection
- microsoft:windows_defender