Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2021 · Assigned by trendmicro
CVE-2021-28648
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac from Trend Micro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac | 2021 (11), 2020 (10.5) |
References
- https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10293 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-420/ x_refsource_MISC