Trend Micro Internet Security Pro tmactmon.sys privilege escalation

trend-tmactmon-privilege-escalation (49513)

High Risk

Description:

Trend Micro Internet Security Pro could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the improper processing of user space parameters by the IOCTL handler of the tmactmon.sys driver. By sending a specially-crafted IRP in a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \\Device\\tmactmon, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with kernel level privileges.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector:	Local
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	6.2
Exploitability:	Proof-of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.

References:

• Trend Micro Web site: Trend Micro Internet Security Pro - Trend Micro USA.
• BID-34304: Trend Micro Internet Security 2008/9 IOCTL Request Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
• CVE-2009-0686: The TrendMicro Activity Monitor Module (tmactmon.sys) 2.52.0.1002 in Trend Micro Internet Pro 2008 and 2009, and Security Pro 2008 and 2009, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted IRP in a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL request to \Device\tmactmon that overwrites memory.
• OSVDB ID: 53228: Trend Micro Multiple Products Activity Monitor Module (tmactmon.sys) METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL Request Crafted IRP Local Privilege Escalation
• SECTRACK ID: 1021955: Trend Micro Internet Security Buffer Overflow in 'tmactmon.sys' Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Platforms Affected:

• Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 Pro
• Trend Micro Internet Security 2008
• Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 Pro
• Trend Micro Internet Security 2009

Reported:

Mar 30, 2009

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