Headline

CVE-2023-25144: ZDI-23-171

An improper access control vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and create arbitrary directories with arbitrary ownership.

1 year ago

CVE

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February 24th, 2023

Trend Micro Apex One Improper Access Control Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability****ZDI-23-171
ZDI-CAN-17686

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25144

CVSS SCORE

7.8, (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

AFFECTED VENDORS

Trend Micro

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

Apex One

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex One. 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 ApexOne Security Agent. The specific flaw exists within the logic that controls access to the Suspect folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000292209

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