Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
CVE-2018-18329

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Trend Micro
Status
Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (consumer)
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 October 2018

What is CVE-2018-18329?

A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac that allows local attackers to exploit untrusted pointer dereference. This security flaw arises from inadequate validation of user-supplied buffers at a specific offset, enabling an attacker who has executed low-privileged code on the system to potentially escalate their privileges on affected installations.

Affected Version(s)

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

References

https://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/ja-jp/1121350.aspx
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105757
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https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-US/home/pages/technica...
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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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CVE-2018-18329 : Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac