CVE-2021-25251
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code...
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2021-25251- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2021-25251- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12162 No score
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program's password protection and disable protection. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12162- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pw2-j2vj-ghmp No score
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code...
The Trend Micro Security 2020 and 2021 families of consumer products are vulnerable to a code injection vulnerability which could allow an attacker to disable the program’s password protection and disable protection.
An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the machine to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-3pw2-j2vj-ghmp- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- trend micro security (consumer)
- trend micro, inc. micro security (consumer)
- trendmicro antivirus\+ security 2020
- trendmicro antivirus\+ security 2021
- trendmicro internet security 2020
- trendmicro internet security 2021
- trendmicro maximum security 2020
- trendmicro maximum security 2021
- trendmicro premium security 2020
- trendmicro premium security 2021
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25251 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Trend Micro Security (consumer), published February 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.61%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.