CVE-2022-27883

HIGH

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac < 11.5 - Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-546/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0072
EPSS Percentile 72.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
trendmicro/antivirus_for_mac < 11.5
Published Apr 09, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026