Arbitrary File Creation and Privilege Escalation in Trend Micro Apex One
CVE-2021-3848
5.5MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 6 October 2021
Summary
This vulnerability in Trend Micro's Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security products allows a local attacker to create arbitrary files with elevated privileges. By exploiting this issue, an attacker who has already executed low-privileged code on a target machine can perform actions that may disrupt service, potentially leading to a denial-of-service situation. Proper mitigation and system updates are essential to safeguard against these types of threats.
Affected Version(s)
Trend Micro Apex One 2019, SaaS
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved