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Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Maximum Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Regain Disk Space functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the Platinum Host Service to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

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Source: ZDI
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security 2021, 2022, and 2023 (Consumer) are vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability which could allow an attacker to use a specific executable file as an execution and/or persistence mechanism which could execute a malicious program each time the executable file is started.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2022 (17.7) wherein a low-privileged user can write a known malicious executable to a specific location and in the process of removal and restoral an attacker could replace an original folder with a mount point to an arbitrary location, allowing a escalation of privileges on an affected system.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of Trend Micro Maximum Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Secure Erase feature. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied link prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files in the context of SYSTEM.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

A link following denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 familiy of products could allow an attacker to abuse the PC Health Checkup feature of the product to create symlinks that would allow modification of files which could lead to a denial-of-service.

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First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Trend Micro Security 2021 v17.0 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability that allows files inside the protected folder to be modified without any detection.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Trend Micro Maximum Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Maximum Security Agent. By creating a directory junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Trend Micro Maximum Security 2021 (v17) consumer product is vulnerable to an improper access control vulnerability in the installer which could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on a target machine. Please note than an attacker must already have local user privileges and access on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected location with high privileges (symlink attack) which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a local directory which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a specific Windows system directory which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.3
Race Condition
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

The Trend Micro Security 2020 (v16) consumer family of products is vulnerable to a security race condition arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that could allow an unprivileged user to manipulate the product's secure erase feature to delete files with a higher set of privileges.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

An incomplete SSL server certification validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products could allow an attacker to combine this vulnerability with another attack to trick an affected client into downloading a malicious update instead of the expected one. CWE-295: Improper server certificate verification in the communication with the update server.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

An incomplete SSL server certification validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products could allow an attacker to combine this vulnerability with another attack to trick an affected client into downloading a malicious update instead of the expected one. CWE-494: Update files are not properly verified.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An invalid memory read vulnerability in a Trend Micro Secuity 2020 (v16.0.0.1302 and below) consumer family of products' driver could allow an attacker to manipulate the specific driver to do a system call operation with an invalid address, resulting in a potential system crash.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An untrusted search path remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Secuity 2020 (v16.0.0.1146 and below) consumer family of products could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. As the Trend Micro installer tries to load DLL files from its current directory, an arbitrary DLL could also be loaded with the same privileges as the installer if run as Administrator. User interaction is required to exploit the vulnerbaility in that the target must open a malicious directory or device.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The Trend Micro Security 2019 (15.0.0.1163 and below) consumer family of products is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack in which a malicious actor could manipulate a key file at a certain time during the system startup process to disable the product's malware protection functions or the entire product completely..

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A Persistent Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2020 (v160 and 2019 (v15) consumer familiy of products which could potentially allow an attacker the ability to create a malicious program to escalate privileges and attain persistence on a vulnerable system.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges and tamper with protected services by disabling or otherwise preventing them to start. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the target machine in order to exploit the vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

The Trend Micro Security 2020 consumer family of products contains a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information or to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

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First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2020 (v16.x) is affected by a vulnerability in where null pointer dereference errors result in the crash of application, which could potentially lead to possible unsigned code execution under certain circumstances.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2020 (v16.0.1221 and below) is affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a specific service as an execution and/or persistence mechanism which could execute a malicious program each time the service is started.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security's 2019 consumer family of products (v15) Folder Shield component and the standalone Trend Micro Ransom Buster (1.0) tool in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to load a malicious DLL, leading to elevated privileges.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2019 (Consumer) versions below 15.0.0.1163 and below could allow an attacker to manipulate a specific DLL and escalate privileges on vulnerable installations.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An Out-of-Bounds Read Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 (Consumer) products could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit the vulnerability.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A Deserialization of Untrusted Data Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 (Consumer) products could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit the vulnerability.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A Missing Impersonation Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 (Consumer) products could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit the vulnerability.

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First published (updated )
Severity
10
Code Injection
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security's (Consumer) 2018 (versions 12.0.1191 and below) User-Mode Hooking (UMH) driver could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted packet that could alter a vulnerable system in such a way that malicious code could be injected into other processes.

First published (updated )

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