Local privilege escalation via writable scan folder
Published May 12, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Incorrect permissions in the installer for Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks 5.3.1179 and earlier allow local users to escalate privileges. The installer creates product folders with permissions that let an attacker place arbitrary code where an administrator's scan will execute it. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution and an administrator running a scan, resulting in arbitrary code execution with administrator rights.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect permissions in the installer for Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks 5.3.1179 and earlier allow local users to escalate privileges. The installer creates product folders with permissions that let an attacker place arbitrary code where an administrator's scan will execute it. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution and an administrator running a scan, resulting in arbitrary code execution with administrator rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-28649
- Published
- May 12, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 12, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.3.1179 and below
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