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CVE-2021-36744

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

• Trendmicro Maximum Security 2019: 15.0
• Trendmicro Maximum Security 2020: 16.0
• Trend Micro Maxmium Security (Consumer): 17.0, 17.2
• Trendmicro Security For Best Buy: 2021

References

• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10568
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1052/
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10568
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1052/

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