Security News > 2021 > April > AV Under Attack: Trend Micro Confirms Apex One Exploitation
Anti-malware vendor Trend Micro is warning that attackers are attempting to exploit a previously patched vulnerability in its Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and OfficeScan product lines.
"This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex One. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability," the researchers said.
The security issue impacts ApexOne Security Agent's logic that provides control over access to the Misc folder and could result in an attacker being able to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. On Wednesday, the Japan CERT Coordination Center published an alert on the exploitation of this vulnerability, shortly after Trend Micro Japan started alerting customers of these attacks.
In an updated advisory, Trend Micro urges customers to apply the available security patch and informs them that all three affected products are being targeted in live attacks.
Trend Micro points out that the latest versions of the affected products should contain all of the necessary fixes for these bugs and customers should consider updating to them as soon as possible, or at least applying the available patches to ensure attacks are thwarted.
UPDATE 04/23: Trend Micro on Thursday revealed that a single, unpatched customer system was targeted through the high severity vulnerability.