CVE-2020-25775 Race condition in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
An unprivileged user can exploit a race condition in the secure erase feature to delete files with higher privileges.
- 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-2020-25775?
CVE-2020-25775 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 28 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Trend Micro Security 2020 (v16) consumer family of products is vulnerable to a security race condition arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that could allow an unprivileged user to manipulate the product's secure erase feature to delete files with a higher set of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25775?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus\+ 2020, Trendmicro Internet Security 2020, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2020, Trendmicro Premium Security 2020.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25775?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-25775 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25775 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg9j-r439-gp76.