CVE-2021-25227
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability
Description
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability - i.e. the attacker must already have access to the target system (either legitimately or via another exploit).
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 4, 2021, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 8, 2021, 6:06 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-25227
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-25227.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10191 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-102/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-25227 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 08, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Changed Reference Type https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10191 No Types Assigned https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10191 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-102/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-102/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE NIST CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:9.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:10.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:10.5:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:11.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability – i.e. the attacker must already have access to the target system (either legitimately or via another exploit). Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability - i.e. the attacker must already have access to the target system (either legitimately or via another exploit).
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-25227 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-25227
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.11 }} 0.03%
score
0.44469
percentile