CVE Catalog

CVE-2009-0686

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the Activity Monitor module (tmactmon.sys) in Trend Micro Internet Pro 2008/2009 and Security Pro 2008/2009 allows a local user to gain privileges by sending a crafted IOCTL request with METHOD_NEITHER to the \Device\tmactmon device, leading to memory overwrite.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update Trend Micro software to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS