high
7.8
Advisory Published
Advisory Published

ZDI-CAN-21346: ZDI-24-025: Trend Micro Apex One Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

First published: Wed Jan 10 2024(Updated: )

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex One Security Agent. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Damage Cleanup Engine. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse a driver to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Trend Micro Apex One

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