Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2021 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2021-42107

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Trend Micro Apex One from Trend Micro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Unnecessary privilege vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is similar to but not identical to CVE-2021-42104, 42105 and 42106.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One 2019, SaaS
Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)

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