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TI-2008-01380 Aliases CVE-2008-1438GHSA-w2f8-fjc5-vrwh

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll)…

Priority LOW 37CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12938 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_smtp_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_sharepoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:0.1.13.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.13.192VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:1.1.3520.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3520.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_smtp_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_sharepoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:0.1.13.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.13.192 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:1.1.3520.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.3520.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1438
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w2f8-fjc5-vrwh

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2008-01379 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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