THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-32465
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-32465

Apex One vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
An incorrect permission preservation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service and OfficeScan XG SP1 could allow a remote user to perform an attack and bypass authentication 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.
Affected vendor
Trendmicro
Affected product
Apex One
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-08-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-32465

  • Confirm whether Trendmicro Apex One is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-32465.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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