SB2022030705 - Denial of service in Kaspersky products
Published: March 7, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022030705
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35053)
CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to link following issue within the Safe Browser. A local user can create a symbolic link to abuse the service to overwrite a file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.