CVE-2021-28648 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
An attacker with low-privileged code execution can escalate privileges to full local control within Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac.
- 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-2021-28648?
CVE-2021-28648 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac, published on 22 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28648?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28648?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28648 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-28648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-f6cv-7h5c-8g4r.