6.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-25778
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Privilege Escalation Memory Leak
Description

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) has a vulnerability in a specific kernel extension where an attacker could supply a kernel pointer and leak several bytes of memory. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 14, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-25778 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trendmicro antivirus
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-25778.

URL Resource
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09948 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1241/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-25778 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-209
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-200
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2019:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09948 No Types Assigned https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09948 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1241/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1241/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) has a vulnerability in a specific kernel extension where an attacker could supply a kernel pointer and leak several bytes of memory. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) has a vulnerability in a specific kernel extension where an attacker could supply a kernel pointer and leak several bytes of memory. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12654

percentile

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