CVE-2022-27883: Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11.5 could allow an attacker to create a specially-crafted file as a symlink that can lead to privilege escalation. Please note that an attacker must at least have low-level privileges on the system to attempt to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac: up to and including 11.5

Published 2022-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.