Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac
Priority LOW 28CWE-367Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2020 (Consumer) contains a race condition vulnerability in the Web Threat Protection Blocklist component, that if exploited, could allow an attacker to case a kernel panic or crash.\n\n\r\nAn attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00322 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) | 2020 (v10.x) and below | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) VendorTrend Micro Affected 2020 (v10.x) and below Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | 2020 | Vulnerable | Trendmicro |
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:2020:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions 2020 Vulnerable ·Trendmicro
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27014
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33p7-c5wh-6q6g
References
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Sources
- CVE-2020-27014 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-27014 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-33p7-c5wh-6q6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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