High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-44023
CVE-2021-44023
Description
A link following denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 familiy of products could allow an attacker to abuse the PC Health Checkup feature of the product to create symlinks that would allow modification of files which could lead to a denial-of-service.
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Affected products
2- Range: 2021 (v17)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10867nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1536/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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