Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer)
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.
EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer) — versions 2020 (v10.x)
- Trendmicro Antivirus — versions 2019, 2020
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@trendmicro.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-25776?
- CVE-2020-25776 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer), classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-02.
- How severe is CVE-2020-25776?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.