Local privilege escalation via mount-point folder deletion
Published Feb 24, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Link following in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 allows local users to escalate privileges. Security Agent cleanup follows an attacker-created mount point and deletes an arbitrary folder, enabling replacement or manipulation of privileged locations. Exploitation requires prior ability to execute low-privileged code on a Windows host; the consequence is local privilege escalation with potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Link following in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 allows local users to escalate privileges. Security Agent cleanup follows an attacker-created mount point and deletes an arbitrary folder, enabling replacement or manipulation of privileged locations. Exploitation requires prior ability to execute low-privileged code on a Windows host; the consequence is local privilege escalation with potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24680
- Published
- Feb 24, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
- Classifications
- CWE-59, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)
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