VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-27883

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-04-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references