Advisory Details

January 6th, 2022

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Unnecessary Privileges Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2021-45440
CVSS SCORE	7.0, AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Worry-Free Business Security
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Worry-Free Business 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 Security Server. The issue results from allowing an untrusted process to impersonate the client of a pipe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289996
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2021-06-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2022-01-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

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