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CVE-2021-43771

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control...

7.8 High

CVE-2021-43771 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2021, published November 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Unchanged since Dec 1, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2021-43771
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2021-43771
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-30678 No score

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Record
EUVD-2021-30678
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ww6f-vp8m-358f 7.8

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control...

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Record
GHSA-ww6f-vp8m-358f
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

References

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