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 Subscribe |
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
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25227
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsTrend Micro Security (Consumer): 15 - 17
External linkshttp://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.
