PT-2024-6488 · Eset · Eset Products For Macos

Published 2024-09-20 · Updated 2024-10-09 · CVE-2024-6654

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.8

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ESET Products for macOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows a user logged on to the system to perform a denial-of-service attack, which could be misused to disable the protection of the ESET security product and cause general system slow-down. The vulnerability is related to incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing a file, potentially allowing an attacker to cause a denial-of-service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-377

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07580

CVE-2024-6654

Affected Products

Eset Products For Macos

References · 11

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07580 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6654 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1839595229185286403 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6490 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96292 · Telegram Post
• https://securitylab.ru/news/552339.php · Note
• https://support.eset.com/en/ca8725-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-eset-products-for-macos-fixed · Note
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1839615367372542330 · Twitter Post
• https://anti-malware.ru/news/2024-09-24-114534/44230 · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/6241 · Telegram Post
• https://support.eset.com/en/ca8725-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-products-for-macos-fixed · Note