CVE-2024-36302 ‒ Local Privilege Escalation in Trend Micro Apex One

Description¶

Trend Micro Apex One is a security product that protects endpoints from malware and detects attacks. The fixed vulnerability enabled attackers with existing access to a system to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM.

Vulnerability¶

The vulnerability abused a trust relationship between frontend processes running in the context of an unprivileged user and privileged backend processes running as SYSTEM.

For more details see our blogpost on the vulnerability

Mitigations¶

Install a current version of Trend Micro Apex One. The vulnerability was fixed in Agent version 14.0.13139.

Timeline¶

Date	Action
22.08.2023	Vulnerability reported to ZDI
03.10.2023	Vulnerability reported to vendor by ZDI
06.06.2024	Coordinated public release of advisory

References¶

• Vendor advisory
• ZDI advisory
• Blog post discussing the vulnerability in detail