CVE-2022-27883 — Link Following in Antivirus FOR MAC

CWE-59 — Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Trendmicro Antivirus FOR MACTrend Micro Antivirus FOR MAC
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
Latest updateApr 10

Description

A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11.5 could allow an attacker to create a specially-crafted file as a symlink that can lead to privilege escalation. Please note that an attacker must at least have low-level privileges on the system to attempt to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hvh5-4jwj-5rcf: A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11↗2022-04-10
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CVEList
CVE-2022-27883: A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11↗2022-04-09
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CVE-2022-27883 — Link Following in Trendmicro | cvebase