CVE-2020-27014
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) contains a race condition vulnerability in the Web Threat Protection Blocklist component, that if exploited, could allow an attacker to case a kernel panic or crash.
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An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) contiene una vulnerabilidad de condición de carrera en el componente Web Threat Protection Blocklist, que si se explota, podría permitir a un atacante provocar el pánico o el colapso del núcleo.
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. Un atacante debe obtener primero la capacidad de ejecutar código de alto privilegio en el sistema objetivo para explotar esta vulnerabilidad
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the KERedirect kext. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-10-12 CVE Reserved
- 2020-10-26 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-10-22 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1285 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09974 | 2020-11-05 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro" | Antivirus Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Antivirus" | 2020 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Antivirus" and version "2020" | macos |
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