Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021
CVE-2021-43771
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021 — versions 11.0
- Trendmicro Antivirus
References
- security@trendmicro.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-43771?
- CVE-2021-43771 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-11-30.
- How severe is CVE-2021-43771?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.