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    CVE-2021-44020

    An unnecessary privilege vulnerability in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is similar to but not identical to CVE-2021-44019 and 44021.

    Published:Dec 3, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 3, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00061
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Trendmicro
    Product
    Worry-free Business Security

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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    High