SYSTEM code execution via unsecured OpenSSL configuration path
Published Oct 21, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Uncontrolled search path handling in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and SaaS allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The Security Agent process loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location rather than a protected path. Low-privileged code execution on the Windows host is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution in the SYSTEM context.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and SaaS allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The Security Agent process loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location rather than a protected path. Low-privileged code execution on the Windows host is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution in the SYSTEM context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-42102
- Published
- Oct 21, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Apex One
- Classifications
- T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 21, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2019, SaaS
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