Background Information
According to published research from security firm enSilo, a Microsoft Kernel flaw was discovered in the PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine in all Windows operating systems versions from Windows 2000 through the current Windows 10.
The impact of this flaw is said to potentially allow certain types of malware to evade antivirus and other host-based intrusion detection.
Impact on Trend Micro Products(s)
Fortunately, Trend Micro's detection mechanisms do not rely on PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine to identify malicious code. Based on Trend Micro's analysis, this flaw has no adverse impact on our Windows-based security products.
Please note that several articles have posted that Microsoft has issued the following response to the initial report of this flaw: “Our engineers reviewed the information and determined this does not pose a security threat and we do not plan to address it with a security update.”
Trend Micro will continue to monitor this issue and will make updates if needed to this article.
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