Denial of service in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-25227
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration

Vendor Trend Micro

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU50122

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25227

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the iCoreService executable. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion, consume all available memory on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Trend Micro Security (Consumer): 15 - 17

CPE2.3 External links

http://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10249


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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