CVE-2022-27883 (GCVE-0-2022-27883)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-09 00:05 – Updated: 2024-08-03 05:41
VLAI
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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Link Following Privilege Escalation
Assigner
trendmicro CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 57/100 over 16 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Affected: 11.5
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