High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-27883
CVE-2022-27883
Description
A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11.5 could allow an attacker to create a specially-crafted file as a symlink that can lead to privilege escalation. Please note that an attacker must at least have low-level privileges on the system to attempt to exploit this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus_for_mac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=11.5
- (no CPE)range: 11.5
- Trend Micro/Trend Micro Antivirus for Macv5Range: 11.5
Patches
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References
2- helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-10978nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-546/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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