Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
CVE-2018-15366

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
CVE Published:
23 October 2018

Summary

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac allows local attackers to escalate privileges due to a use-after-free condition associated with UrlfWTPPagePtr. To exploit this flaw, an attacker must first execute low-privileged code on the target installation, thereby potentially gaining unauthorized access to higher-level privileges. This vulnerability affects versions 7.0 and above of the software.

Affected Version(s)

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and above

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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