Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2022 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2021-45231

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 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A link following privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS) and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (10.0 SP1 and Services) could allow a local attacker to create a specially crafted file with arbitrary content which could grant local privilege escalation on the affected system. 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/000289996 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-013/ x_refsource_MISC