CVE-2021-37850
Denial of service in ESET for Mac products
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
Description
ESET was made aware of a vulnerability in its consumer and business products for macOS that enables a user logged on to the system to stop the ESET daemon, effectively disabling the protection of the ESET security product until a system reboot.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
eset, spol. s r.o.commercialSKSecurity Productsaka eset, eset internet security, eset nod32 antivirus
and 2 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
Timeline
Published
Nov 8, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024
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