An uncontrolled search path element vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agents could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42102
• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000289229
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1222/