PT-2021-16465 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021

Michael Deplante · Published 2021-01-29 · Updated 2021-02-08 · CVE-2021-25227

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer)

Description: The issue is a memory exhaustion vulnerability that could lead to disabling all the scanning functionality within the application. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability, meaning the attacker must already have access to the target system, either legitimately or via another exploit.

Recommendations: For Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 (Consumer), consider restricting access to the application until a patch is available, as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25227

ZDI-21-102

Affected Products

Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25227 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-102 · Security Note
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10191 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9609 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9444 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/23120 · Telegram Post