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CVE-2008-1438· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft pro

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
May 13, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
12.9% · 96th percentile
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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 12.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
microsoftantigen for exchange
microsoftantigen for smtp gateway
microsoftdiagnostics and recovery toolkit
microsoftforefront client security
microsoftforefront security for exchange server
microsoftforefront security for sharepoint
microsoftmalware protection engine
microsoftwindows defender
microsoftwindows live onecare

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft antigen for exchangeall versions
  • microsoft antigen for smtp gatewayall versions
  • microsoft diagnostics and recovery toolkit6.0
  • microsoft forefront client securityall versions
  • microsoft forefront security for exchange serverall versions
  • microsoft forefront security for sharepointall versions
  • microsoft malware protection engine0.1.13.192
  • microsoft malware protection engine1.1.3520.0
  • microsoft windows defenderall versions
  • microsoft windows live onecareall versions

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-1437Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft pro
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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