7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-32460
Trend Micro Maximum Security Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The Trend Micro Maximum Security 2021 (v17) consumer product is vulnerable to an improper access control vulnerability in the installer which could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on a target machine. Please note than an attacker must already have local user privileges and access on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

June 3, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 28, 2022, 2:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-32460 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trendmicro maximum_security_2021
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-2021-32460.

URL Resource
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10336 Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-603/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-32460 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-32460 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-863 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10336 No Types Assigned https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10336 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-603/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-603/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2021:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12654

percentile

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