CVE-2020-25776

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a symbolic link privilege escalation attack where an attacker could exploit a critical file on the system to escalate their privileges. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09924	Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1236/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2019:::::macos::
	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:::::macos::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-10-02 22:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-25776

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25776

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25776

JSON object : View

Products Affected

trendmicro

antivirus

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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