mpengine.dll in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine before 1.1.10701.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) vi

Affected versions

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

• microsoft malware protection engineup to 1.1.10600.0 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-8540The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SPKEV
  83Now
• CVE-2026-41091Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityKEV
  61This week
• CVE-2013-1346mpengine.dll in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine before 1.1.9506.0 on x64 platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
  40Plan
• CVE-2017-11937The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1,
  39Monitor
• CVE-2017-11940The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1,
  37Monitor
• CVE-2021-42298Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  33Monitor

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

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.