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JVNDB-2021-000098

ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview

ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series are antivirus software. ESET Cyber Security and ESET Endpoint series for macOS contain a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability (CWE-404).

Zhou Tingrui of Kaijo Junior & Senior High School reported this vulnerability to the developer and IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 5.5 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 1.7 (Low) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Local
  • Access Complexity: Low
  • Authentication: Single Instance
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Partial
Affected Products


ESET
  • ESET Cyber Security 6.10.700 and earlier
  • ESET Cyber Security Pro 6.10.700 and earlier
  • ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS 6.10.910.0 and earlier
  • ESET Endpoint Security for macOS 6.10.910.0 and earlier

Impact

If it is exploited, an attacker may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) to stop the applications and all daemons of the affected products.
Solution

[Update the software]
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
The developer has released the versions listed below that address the vulnerability.

* ESET Cyber Security 6.11.2.0
* ESET Cyber Security Pro 6.11.2.0
* ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS 6.11.1.0
* ESET Endpoint Security for macOS 6.11.1.0
Vendor Information

ESET
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2021-37850
References

  1. JVN : JVN#60553023
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2021-37850
Revision History

  • [2021/10/29]
      Web page was published