CVE-2021-44023 is a link following denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 products. An attacker can exploit the PC Health Checkup feature to create symbolic links, leading to unauthorized file modification and a denial-of-service condition. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can result in high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus\+_security_2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:internet_security_2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:premium_security_2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.