SYSTEM code execution via Suspect folder access
Published Jun 10, 2024 · Updated Mar 14, 2025
Improper access control in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and Apex One as a Service allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. Security Agent logic controlling access to the Suspect folder fails to enforce the required privilege boundary for low-privileged processes. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on a Windows endpoint and grants complete SYSTEM-context execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 and Apex One as a Service allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. Security Agent logic controlling access to the Suspect folder fails to enforce the required privilege boundary for low-privileged processes. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on a Windows endpoint and grants complete SYSTEM-context execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-37289
- Published
- Jun 10, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Apex One
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2019 (14.0) <14.0.0.12980
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