Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3848
CVE-2021-3848
Description
An arbitrary file creation by privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1, and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow a local attacker to create an arbitrary file with higher privileges that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) 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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.0 SP1
- (no CPE)range: 10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)
- Trend Micro/Trend Micro Apex Onev5Range: 2019, SaaS
Patches
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References
1- success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289183nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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