Local Privilege Escalation in Trend Micro Apex One Agent

CVE-2023-52094

What is CVE-2023-52094?

A vulnerability exists within the updater mechanism of the Trend Micro Apex One agent, which can be exploited by local attackers. This flaw allows unauthorized users with low-privileged access to manipulate the updater to delete arbitrary folders on compromised installations. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to first gain execution access to low-privileged code on the affected system, potentially leading to a local privilege escalation scenario. remediation actions should be taken to address this vulnerability.

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