Vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security
CVE-2021-37850
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (12.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Eset Cyber Security
- Eset Endpoint Antivirus
- Eset Endpoint Security
- Eset, Spol. S R.o. Eset Cyber Security — versions unspecified
- Eset, Spol. S R.o. Eset Cyber Security Pro — versions unspecified
- Eset, Spol. S R.o. Eset Endpoint Antivirus For macOS — versions unspecified
- Eset, Spol. S R.o. Eset Endpoint Security For macOS — versions unspecified
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.eset.com/en/ca8151 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-37850?
- CVE-2021-37850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-37850?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-37850 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.