CVE-2021-28647 Code injection in Trend Micro Password Manager
Attackers can execute malicious code via DLL hijacking during the installation of Trend Micro Password Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-28647?
CVE-2021-28647 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager, published on 13 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Trend Micro Password Manager version 5 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability which could allow an attacker to inject a malicious DLL file during the installation progress and could execute a malicious program each time a user installs a program.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28647?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Password Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28647?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28647 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2021-28647 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28647 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Password Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jw27-pvq7-h9jv.