CVE-2007-4277 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting a buffer overflow in the Trend Micro antivirus scan engine due to weak device permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4277?
CVE-2007-4277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Trend Micro AntiVirus scan engine before 8.550-1001, as used in Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007, and Tmxpflt.sys 8.320.1004 and 8.500.0.1002, has weak permissions (Everyone:Write) for the \\.\Tmfilter device, which allows local users to send arbitrary content to the device via the IOCTL functionality. NOTE: this can be leveraged for privilege escalation by exploiting a buffer overflow in the handler for IOCTL 0xa0284403.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4277?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Trend Micro Pc-Cillin Internet Security 2007, Trend Micro Scan Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-4277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g975-6398-g6r8.