CVE-2021-40836
F-Secure Antivirus Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine was discovered whereby scanning MS outlook .pst files can lead to denial-of-service. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 22, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 28, 2021, 4:24 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2021-40836 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-2021-40836
vulnerability.
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products
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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-2021-40836.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories | 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
WinAFL modified for RDP client fuzzing
CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python
None
CMake C HTML JavaScript CSS C++ Perl PLpgSQL Rich Text Format Python
None
CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python
A fork of AFL for fuzzing Windows binaries
fuzzing security afl
CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Python Rich Text Format
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-40836 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-40836 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 28, 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/support-and-downloads/security-advisories No Types Assigned https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:atlant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:linux_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:linux_security_64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_detection_and_response:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine was discovered whereby scanning MS outlook .pst files can lead to denial-of-service. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine. Fixed in Capricorn update 2021-12-13_07. A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine was discovered whereby scanning MS outlook .pst files can lead to denial-of-service. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine. Removed Reference https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-40836 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-40836 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-2021-40836
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%
score
0.23559
percentile