CVE-2021-25251

Description

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.86% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory trendmicro.com
Affected: Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10211 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-25251?
CVE-2021-25251 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-25251?
To fix CVE-2021-25251, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-25251 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-25251 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-25251?
CVE-2021-25251 affects Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer) .
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