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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
AO Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, RU;
Andrey A. Efremov, Moscow, RU;
Andrey V. Ladikov, Moscow, RU;
Andrey Y. Solodovnikov, Moscow, RU;
Alexey V. Monastyrsky, Moscow, RU;
AO Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, RU;
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling opening of computer files by vulnerable applications. An example method includes: responsive to detecting creation by a source software application of a computer file on the user computer, determining a file access policy associated with the computer file based on one or more parameters of the computer file; responsive to detecting a request from a consumer software application to open the computer file, determining an application launching policy associated with the consumer software application based on one or more vulnerabilities identified for the consumer software application; determining a file opening policy associated with the computer file and the consumer software application based on the file access policy, the application launching policy, and respective priorities amongst the policies; and controlling opening of the computer file by the consumer software application according to the determined file opening policy.