SB2017062704 - Two vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Internet Security
Published: June 27, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017062704
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to a pointer dereference error in 'tmusa.sys' in processing IOCTL 0x00222813. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
2) Race condition (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to a race condition in 'tmusa.sys' in processing IOCTL 0x222813. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application to modify a field used by the kernel and gain system privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.