Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2021 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2021-3848

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An arbitrary file creation by privilege escalation vulnerability 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 create an arbitrary file with higher privileges that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) 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.

Affected products (as reported)

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

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289183 x_refsource_MISC