CVE-2021-43771
7.8CVSSHIGH
Description
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10832
helpcenter.trendmicro.com
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1320/
zerodayinitiative.com
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021111705
cybersecurity-help.cz
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Timeline
Published
Nov 30, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024
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