RCE in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2021-25251

The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25251?
CVE-2021-25251 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-25251?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-25251 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.