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The Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 consumer family of products has released an update via ActiveUpdate to address a symbolic link privilege escalation vulnerability.
Affected versions
Product
Affected Versions
Platform
Language(s)
Antivirus for Mac
2020 (v10.x)
macOS
English
Antivirus for Mac
2019 (v9.x)
macOS
English
Solution
Product
Updated Build(s)
Platform
Language(s)
Antivirus for Mac
2020 (v10.x) via ActiveUpdate
macOS
English
Trend Micro has addressed this vulnerability on the 2020 family of products (version 10.x) via a patch that is available now through the product’s automatic ActiveUpdate feature for all versions of Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac listed above. Customers who have at least version 10.0 will already have the necessary patch applied. Customers who have version 9.0 and below are recommended to install the latest version to address the issue.
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Vulnerability Details
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a symbolic link privilege escalation attack where an attacker could exploit a critical file on the system to escalate their privileges.
Trend Micro has received no reports nor is aware of any actual attacks against the affected product related to this vulnerability at this time.
Acknowledgement
Trend Micro would like to thank the following individual for responsibly disclosing the issue and working with Trend Micro to help protect our customers:
Cees Elzinga from Danish Cyber Defence working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
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Additional Assistance
Customers who have questions are encouraged to contact Trend Micro Technical Support for further assistance.
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Technical Reference
ZDI-CAN-10941
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Keywords: Symbolic Link Privilege Escalation Vulnerability