CVE-2021-42101 describes an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service on Microsoft Windows. This local privilege escalation flaw allows an attacker, after gaining low-privileged code execution, to elevate their privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:saas:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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.