CVE-2021-28648

Description

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 v10.5 and 2021 v11 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to establish a connection that could lead to full local privilege escalation within the application. Please note that an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system to exploit this vulnerability.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.08%

Vendor Advisory trendmicro.com

Affected: Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac

References

Link	Tags
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10293	patch vendor advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-420/	vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-28648?: CVE-2021-28648 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-28648?: To fix CVE-2021-28648, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-28648 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-28648 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-28648?: CVE-2021-28648 affects Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac.

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