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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-36304
CVE-2024-36304:
Trend Micro Apex One Agent vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Time-of-Check Time-Of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability (CVE-2024-36304) was identified in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 10, 2024, and affects the Apex One NT RealTime Scan service (NVD, ZDI).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object within the Apex One NT RealTime Scan service. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access requirements with low attack complexity (ZDI).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM on affected installations (ZDI).
Mitigation and workarounds
Trend Micro has issued an update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the security update provided by Trend Micro (ZDI).
Community reactions
The vulnerability was initially reported to the vendor on December 6, 2023, by security researcher Lays (@_L4ys) of TRAPA Security, with a coordinated public release on June 6, 2024 (ZDI).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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