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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer) — versions 2020 (v10.x)
- Trendmicro Antivirus — versions 2019, 2020
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09924 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1236/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
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.