Vulnerability in Microsoft Antigen

CVE-2006-5270

Integer overflow in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll), as used by Windows Live OneCare, Antigen, Defender, and Forefront Security, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.303 (98.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-5270: held from 0.301 to 0.303.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.301 · newest: 0.303 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-5270?
CVE-2006-5270 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Antigen. Published 2007-02-13.
Is CVE-2006-5270 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.