An updater link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to abuse the updater to delete an arbitrary folder, leading for a local privilege escalation on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000296151?language=en_US | vendor advisory |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-028/ | third party advisory vdb entry |