CVE-2021-44023
HIGHTrend Micro Security 2021 < 17.0 - Denial of Service via PC Health Checkup Symlink Abuse
Title source: llmDescription
A link following denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 familiy of products could allow an attacker to abuse the PC Health Checkup feature of the product to create symlinks that would allow modification of files which could lead to a denial-of-service.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10867
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1536/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
43.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (4)
trendmicro/antivirus\+_security_2021
< 17.0
trendmicro/internet_security_2021
< 17.0
trendmicro/maximum_security_2021
< 17.0
trendmicro/premium_security_2021
< 17.0
Published
Dec 16, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026