Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security

CVE-2021-45231

What is CVE-2021-45231?

A critical security flaw exists in Trend Micro Apex One (both on-premises and SaaS) and in the Worry-Free Business Security product line. This vulnerability enables a local attacker with low privileges to exploit a specially crafted file that could lead to arbitrary content processing. The exploitation requires the attacker to already have access to execute low-privileged code on the system, thus posing risks to system integrity and security.

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