CVE-2018-15367
A ctl_set KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and above could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A ctl_set KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and above could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- trendmicro/antivirus for mac 2017 · trendmicro/antivirus for mac 2018 · trendmicro/antivirus for mac 2019
- Source
- security@trendmicro.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-US/home/pages/technical-support/1121296.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/ja-jp/1121350.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1294/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-US/home/pages/technical-support/1121296.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/ja-jp/1121350.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1294/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.