CVE-2008-1438 : Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll)

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.

Published 2008-05-13 22:20:00

Updated 2018-10-12 21:45:25

Source Microsoft Corporation

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2008-1438

Microsoft » Malware Protection Engine » Version: 0.1.13.192
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:0.1.13.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Microsoft » Malware Protection Engine » Version: 1.1.3520.0
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:1.1.3520.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Windows Defender
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Windows Live Onecare
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Forefront Client Security
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Antigen For Exchange
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Antigen For Smtp Gateway
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_smtp_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Diagnostics And Recovery Toolkit » Version: 6.0
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Forefront Security For Exchange Server
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Microsoft » Forefront Security For Sharepoint
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_sharepoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1438

EPSS FAQ

16.47%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 96 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1438

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1438

CWE-399

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-1438

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Products affected by CVE-2008-1438

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1438

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1438

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1438

References for CVE-2008-1438