PT-2021-2525

Published

2021-03-31

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Updated

2021-03-31

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CVSS 2.0
6.0
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kaspersky Anti-Virus (affected versions not specified) Kaspersky Internet Security (affected versions not specified) Kaspersky Total Security (affected versions not specified) Kaspersky Small Office Security (affected versions not specified) Kaspersky Security Cloud (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to errors in processing symbolic links in Kaspersky antivirus products. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to delete arbitrary files in the system using a reparse point.
Recommendations For Kaspersky Anti-Virus, update to a version that fixes the symbolic link processing errors. For Kaspersky Internet Security, update to a version that fixes the symbolic link processing errors. For Kaspersky Total Security, update to a version that fixes the symbolic link processing errors. For Kaspersky Small Office Security, update to a version that fixes the symbolic link processing errors. For Kaspersky Security Cloud, update to a version that fixes the symbolic link processing errors. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to symbolic links to minimize the risk of exploitation.
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