Microsoft Malware Protection Engine denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-31978. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (Anti-Malware Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 06/08/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-31978. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/30/2021 🔍
06/08/2021 +39 days 🔍
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06/09/2021 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2021 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-31978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-31978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-176516

Entryinfo

Created: 06/09/2021 07:35
Updated: 06/11/2021 08:40
Changes: 06/09/2021 07:35 (16), 06/09/2021 07:36 (17), 06/09/2021 07:39 (21), 06/11/2021 08:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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