VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44023

CVSS score7.1 HIGH

EPSS probability0.42%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-12-16

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

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