CVE-2021-25251: trend micro trend micro security (consumer) Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-25251 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Code Injection vulnerability in trend micro trend micro security (consumer). EPSS estimates a 2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-02-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.