Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service

CVE-2024-36304

Summary

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists within the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent. This vulnerability enables a local attacker to escalate privileges, ultimately compromising the security and integrity of the system. Exploiting this vulnerability requires that the attacker first has the capability to execute code with low privileges on the target system. This underscores the importance of maintaining strict access controls and monitoring of local user activities to mitigate potential risks.

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