Administrator code execution via writable installer folder
Published Dec 31, 2024 · Updated Mar 5, 2025
Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security Agent 20.0 before 20.0.1-23340 allows local users to execute code as an administrator. The agent installer creates a product folder with permissions that permit low-privileged modification, establishing an uncontrolled search-path condition. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code execution and subsequent administrator interaction; successful exploitation runs code at medium integrity in the administrator context.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security Agent 20.0 before 20.0.1-23340 allows local users to execute code as an administrator. The agent installer creates a product folder with permissions that permit low-privileged modification, establishing an uncontrolled search-path condition. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code execution and subsequent administrator interaction; successful exploitation runs code at medium integrity in the administrator context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-55955
- Published
- Dec 31, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Deep Security
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=20 <20.0.1-23340
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