VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-4277

CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-10-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Description

The Trend Micro AntiVirus scan engine before 8.550-1001, as used in Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007, and Tmxpflt.sys 8.320.1004 and 8.500.0.1002, has weak permissions (Everyone:Write) for the \\.\Tmfilter device, which allows local users to send arbitrary content to the device via the IOCTL functionality. NOTE: this can be leveraged for privilege escalation by exploiting a buffer overflow in the handler for IOCTL 0xa0284403.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references