Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a symbolic link privilege escalation attack where an attacker could exploit a critical file on the system to escalate their privileges. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09924 | vendor advisory |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1236/ | vdb entry third party advisory |