CVE-2021-28648 json
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 v10.5 and 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerabi…
published 2021-04-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-15317
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 v10.5 and 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system to exploit this vulnerability.
Patch / fix
- trendmicro antivirus 10.5.2088, 11.0.2062
Exploit prediction
0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
References
-
helpcenter.trendmicro.com
/en-us/article/TMKA-10293
patch, vendor-advisory
-
zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-21-420/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-28648
- NVD CVE-2021-28648
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