CVE-2021-44019

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An unnecessary privilege vulnerability in Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is similar to but not identical to CVE-2021-44020 and 44021.

Affected products

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security: 10.0-sp1

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289230
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1364/
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289230
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1364/

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