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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021 — versions 11.0
- Trendmicro Antivirus
References
- helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10832 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1320/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
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.