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CVE-2021-32465:
Trend Micro Apex One Agent vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An incorrect permission preservation vulnerability was identified in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and OfficeScan XG SP1. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-32465, was discovered in April 2021 and publicly disclosed on July 30, 2021 (ZDI Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists within the product patching functionality of Trend Micro Apex One. When applying a patch to the product, the permissions on some files are not properly preserved. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity (ZDI Advisory).
Impact
An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Authentication as a low-privileged Windows domain user is required to exploit this vulnerability (ZDI Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the security update as detailed in the vendor's solution article (ZDI Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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