CVE-2021-37850

Denial of service in ESET for Mac products

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.

5.5

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.05%

Vendor Advisory eset.com

Affected: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Cyber Security

Affected: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Cyber Security Pro

Affected: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS

Affected: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security for macOS

References

Link	Tags
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8151	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-37850?: CVE-2021-37850 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-37850?: To fix CVE-2021-37850, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-37850 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-37850 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-37850?: CVE-2021-37850 affects ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Cyber Security, ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Cyber Security Pro, ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS, ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security for macOS.

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