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CVE-2021-25227

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Memory Exhaustion Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability

Severity Score

3.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability - i.e. the attacker must already have access to the target system (either legitimately or via another exploit).

Trend Micro Antivirus para Mac 2021 (Consumer) es susceptible a una vulnerabilidad de agotamiento de la memoria que podría conllevar a deshabilitar todas las funciones de escaneo dentro de la aplicación. Tenga en cuenta: un atacante primero debe obtener la capacidad de ejecutar código poco privilegiado en el sistema objetivo a los fines de explotar esta vulnerabilidad, es decir, el atacante ya debe tener acceso al sistema objetivo (ya sea legítimamente o mediante otro explotación)

This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the iCoreService executable. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system.

*Credits: Michael DePlante of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-01-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-01-29 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-22 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Trendmicro
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Antivirus
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9.0
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macos
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Trendmicro
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Antivirus
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10.0
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macos
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Trendmicro
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Antivirus
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10.5
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macos
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Trendmicro
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Antivirus
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11.0
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macos
Affected