PT-2020-16200 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2020

Cees Elzinga · Published 2020-10-01 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-25776

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer)

Description The issue allows an attacker to perform a symbolic link privilege escalation attack, potentially exploiting a critical file on the system to escalate their privileges. To exploit this, an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system.

Recommendations For Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer), consider restricting access to critical system files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the execution of low-privileged code on the target system to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-25776

ZDI-20-1236

Affected Products

Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac 2020

References · 5

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1236 · Security Note
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25776 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25776 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/15038 · Telegram Post