Vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer)
CVE-2020-27014
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) contains a race condition vulnerability in the Web Threat Protection Blocklist component, that if exploited, could allow an attacker to case a kernel panic or crash.\n\n\r\nAn attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer) — versions 2020 (v10.x) and below
- Trendmicro Antivirus — versions 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-2020-27014?
- CVE-2020-27014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac (Consumer), classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2020-10-30.
- How severe is CVE-2020-27014?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.