CVE-2021-36744 (GCVE-0-2021-36744)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-06 11:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:01
VLAI
Summary
Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 and 2020 are vulnerable to a directory junction vulnerability which could allow an attacker to exploit the system to escalate privileges and create a denial of service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Directory Junction Denial-of-Service
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer) Affected: 2019, 2020, 2021
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