Trend Micro Antivirus 7.0 on Mac KERedirect null pointer dereference
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Trend Micro Antivirus 7.0 on Mac. This vulnerability affects the function KERedirect. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-18329. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Antivirus 7.0 on Mac (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function KERedirect. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and above could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. The issue results from the lack of proper validation function on 0x6F4E offset user-supplied buffer. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The bug was discovered 10/19/2018. The weakness was presented 10/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at esupport.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-18329 since 10/15/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105757†). See VDB-125882, VDB-125883, VDB-125896 and VDB-125897 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/15/2018 🔍10/19/2018 🔍
10/22/2018 🔍
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10/23/2018 🔍
10/24/2018 🔍
04/06/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: trendmicro.comAdvisory: esupport.trendmicro.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-18329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125898
SecurityFocus: 105757 - Trend Micro Antivirus Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 10/24/2018 06:46Updated: 04/06/2020 10:09
Changes: 10/24/2018 06:46 (62), 04/06/2020 10:09 (4)
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