CVE-2021-45231

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-45231
  • Assigner
  • security@trendmicro.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-10T14:10:28
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-07-12T17:42:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:saas:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:-:*:*:*:saas:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289996 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-013/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45231
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45231
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:55:37 2022-01-10T14:10Z 2022-01-10T14:10:28 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:55:37 2022-07-12T17:42:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:55:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated