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Trend Micro Tmcomm.sys insecure permission

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks if vulnerable version of tmcomm.sys is installed

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote Windows host is affected by a local privilege escalation issue.

Description :

The version of tmcomm.sys installed on the remote system is prone to a
local privilege escalation vulnerabiity. The issue exists due to insecure
permissions on Tmcomm.sys which permits write access to 'everyone' group
on the remote system. Successful exploitation of this issue could lead to
arbitary code execution with SYSTEM rights.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cd52053
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/282240
http://www.nessus.org/u?79809de0

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 22448

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