{"id":"CVE-2021-32466","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-32466","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:07.397Z","title":"An uncontrolled search path element privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks version 5.3.1225 and below could allow an attacker to escalate privileges by placing a custom crafted file in a specific directory to load…","description":"An uncontrolled search path element privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks version 5.3.1225 and below could allow an attacker to escalate privileges by placing a custom crafted file in a specific directory to load a malicious library. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system to exploit this vulnerability.","published":"2021-09-29T11:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:53:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":["trendmicro/housecall for home networks"],"epss":{"score":0.00521,"percentile":0.43992,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10626","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/ja-jp/article/TMKA-10621","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1112/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10626","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/ja-jp/article/TMKA-10621","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1112/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32466","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}