Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Archives

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018

Microsoft issued out-of-band patch to fix CVE-2018-0986 Malware Protection Engine flaw

On April 3, Microsoft Out-Of-Band Security Update to address the CVE-2018-0986 vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE). Microsoft Malware Protection Engine is the core component for malware detection and cleaning of several Microsoft anti-malware software. It is currently implemented in Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Endpoint Protection, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, and Microsoft Forefront Endpoint […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017

CVE-2017-11937 | Microsoft releases an emergency update to fix a flaw in Malware Protection Engine

Microsoft issued an emergency Windows Security Update to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-11937, that affects the Malware Protection Engine. Microsoft issued an emergency Windows Security Update to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-11937, that affects the Malware Protection Engine (MPE). The emergency fix comes a few days before Microsoft is scheduled to roll out […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2017

Microsoft fixes Microsoft Malware Protection Engine RCE vulnerability CVE-2017-0290 found by Google

Microsoft fixes the vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-0290) discovered just three days by Google experts. Last week the researchers at the Google Project Zero team have discovered a new critical Windows RCE vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0290, they defined the bug as the worst Windows RCE in recent memory. I think @natashenka and […]