5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-33599
F-Secure Antivirus Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure Antivirus engine was discovered whereby scanning WIM archive file can lead to denial-of-service (infinite loop and freezes AV engine scanner). The vulnerability can be exploit remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in Denial-of-Service of the Anti-Virus engine.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 7, 2021, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 9, 2021, 6:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-33599 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-33599 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 F-secure cloud_protection_for_salesforce
2 F-secure linux_security
3 F-secure elements_endpoint_protection
4 F-secure atlant
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-33599.

URL Resource
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame Vendor Advisory
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-33599 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

its fork winafl

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2023, 9:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

WinAFL modified for RDP client fuzzing

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 3 months ago
13 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2022, 1:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

None

CMake C HTML JavaScript CSS C++ Perl PLpgSQL Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 23, 2022, 10:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

None

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 10, 2022, 5:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

A fork of AFL for fuzzing Windows binaries

fuzzing security afl

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Python Rich Text Format

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2310 stars 486 fork 486 watcher
Born at : July 7, 2016, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-33599 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-33599 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame No Types Assigned https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-33599 No Types Assigned https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-33599 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-835
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:atlant:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:cloud_protection_for_salesforce:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:linux_security:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-33599 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-33599 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.25922

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