Medium severity · published Apr 1, 2022
CVE-2021-27223
A denial-of-service issue existed in one of modules that was incorporated in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial-of-service issue existed in one of modules that was incorporated in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security. A local user could cause Windows crash by running a specially crafted binary module. The fix was delivered automatically. Credits: (Straghkov Denis, Kurmangaleev Shamil, Fedotov Andrey, Kuts Daniil, Mishechkin Maxim, Akolzin Vitaliy) @ ISPRAS
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anti-virus · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
ES
Endpoint Security · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
IS
Internet Security · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
SC
Security Cloud · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
SO
Small Office Security · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
TS
Total Security · Kaspersky
before 2021-06 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27223
Broken Link
https://support.kaspersky.com/general/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#310322_1
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