VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-32460

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.30%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-06-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732

Primary references

security@trendmicro.com — Vendor Advisory
security@trendmicro.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry