F-Secure Anti-Virus Engine WIM Archive File infinite loop

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in F-Secure Anti-Virus Engine. Affected is an unknown function of the component WIM Archive File Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-33599. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus Engine (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component WIM Archive File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 09/07/2021. The advisory is shared at f-secure.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-33599. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• F-Secure

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• Anti-Virus Engine

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.f-secure.com/

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