CVE-2007-4277 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro AntiVirus scan engines, specifically affecting Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007. The vulnerability stems from weak permissions on the “\\.\Tmfilter” device, allowing local users to send arbitrary content via IOCTL functionality, which can then be leveraged to trigger a buffer overflow for privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 6.6, it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of integrity and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:pc-cillin_internet_security_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.500CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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