PT-2022-1651 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac

Cees Elzinga · Published 2022-02-15 · Updated 2022-03-03 · CVE-2022-24671

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 versions 11.0.2150 and below

Description A link following privilege escalation issue could allow a local attacker to modify a file during the update process and escalate their privileges. The attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this issue. The vulnerability is related to incorrect link resolution before accessing a file.

Recommendations For versions 11.0.2150 and below, update to a version above 11.0.2150 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the update process until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-00901

CVE-2022-24671

ZDI-22-371

Affected Products

Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac

References · 7

• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00901 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24671 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-371 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24671 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/27649 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022021502 · Note