CVE-2021-44021 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
A local attacker with low-privileged code execution capabilities can escalate privileges on Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-44021?
CVE-2021-44021 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Worry-Free Business Security, published on 3 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unnecessary privilege vulnerability in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 could allow 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. This vulnerability is similar to but not identical to CVE-2021-44019 and 44020.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44021?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Worry-Free Business Security.
How do I fix CVE-2021-44021?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44021 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-44021 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44021 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Worry-Free Business Security
- CVE-2020-8600 Path traversal in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS)
- CVE-2021-44019 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
- CVE-2021-44020 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
- CVE-2020-28574 Path traversal in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
- CVE-2022-23805 Information disclosure in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xj38-xc52-mx4x.