CVE-2021-45231

A link following privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS) and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (10.0 SP1 and Services) could allow a local attacker to create a specially crafted file with arbitrary content which could grant local privilege escalation on the affected system. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
References
Link Resource
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289996 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-013/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:-:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-269 CWE-59

14 Jan 2022, 14:47

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-269
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 7.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:-:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
First Time Microsoft windows
Microsoft
Trendmicro
Trendmicro worry-free Business Security Services
Trendmicro worry-free Business Security
Trendmicro apex One
References (MISC) https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289996 - (MISC) https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289996 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-013/ - (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-013/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

10 Jan 2022, 14:14

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-01-10 14:10

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-45231

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45231

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-45231


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Products Affected

trendmicro

  • worry-free_business_security
  • worry-free_business_security_services
  • apex_one

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')