SB2021040808 - Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for MAC 



SB2021040808 - Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for MAC

Published: April 8, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021040808
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28648)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation. A local user can run  a specially crafted program on the system and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.