CVE-2022-27883
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-09 00:05
Modified
2024-08-03 05:41
Severity ?
Summary
A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11.5 could allow an attacker to create a specially-crafted file as a symlink that can lead to privilege escalation. Please note that an attacker must at least have low-level privileges on the system to attempt to exploit this vulnerability.
References
security@trendmicro.comhttps://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10978Vendor Advisory
security@trendmicro.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-546/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Trend MicroTrend Micro Antivirus for Mac
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