Resource exhaustion in Antivirus for Mac - CVE-2021-25227
Published: January 28, 2021 / Updated: February 3, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50122
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25227
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Antivirus for Mac
Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-25227
Install updates from vendor's website.
Antivirus for Mac - addressed in versions 2020 v10.0 Hotfix, 2020 v10.5 Hotfix, 2020 v19.0 Hotfix, 2021 v11 Hotfix