7.8High KEV

CVE-2021-36742Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One; Trend Micro Trend Micro OfficeScan; Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Published: (5 years ago)

Known exploited — Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 03.11.2021. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 17.11.2021.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000287819?language=en_US, https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000287820?language=en_US; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36742

Description

A improper input validation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-20

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (4)

  • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan:xg:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*