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Microsoft revealed this week that a vulnerability in its Malware Protection Engine could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. This software is an integral part of its security software for Windows and is integrated into a variety of other software products.
According to Microsoft Security Advisory 2974294 , an update is available for the following affected software:
- Microsoft Forefront Client Security
- Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
- Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 3
- Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
- Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (Applies only to May 2014 or earlier versions)
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Microsoft Security Essentials Prerelease
- Windows Defender for Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Defender for Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1
- Windows Defender for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Defender Offline
- Windows Intune Endpoint Protection
The advisory explicitly states that the following software are not impacted:
- Microsoft Antigen for Exchange
- Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateway
- Forefront Security for Exchange Server
- Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
- Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
- Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint
- Forefront Security for Office Communications Server
- Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (part of Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset)
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