CVE-2021-45440: trend micro trend micro apex one Improper Privilege Management

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-45440 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in trend micro trend micro apex one. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-01-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A unnecessary privilege vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 (on-prem versions only) could allow a local attacker to abuse an impersonation privilege and elevate to a higher level of privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementThe product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.