Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020
CVE-2020-25776

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Trend Micro
Status
Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (consumer)
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2020

What is CVE-2020-25776?

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 is susceptible to a symbolic link privilege escalation attack. This vulnerability allows an attacker with low-privileged code execution capabilities to exploit a critical system file, ultimately escalating their privileges. Successful exploitation could enable unauthorized access and manipulation of system functions, posing significant risks to system integrity and user data.

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Affected Version(s)

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 2020 (v10.x)

References

https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09924
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1236/
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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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