CVE-2024-51503 Command injection in Trend Micro Deep Security
Attackers with low-privileged access can inject commands to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected machines.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-51503?
CVE-2024-51503 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Deep Security, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security agent manual scan command injection vulnerability in the Trend Micro Deep Security 20 Agent could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code on an affected machine. In certain circumstances, attackers that have legitimate access to the domain may be able to remotely inject commands to other machines in the same domain. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability locally and must have domain user privileges to affect other machines.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51503?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Deep Security Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-51503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-51503 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Deep Security
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- CVE-2024-48903 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security Agent
- CVE-2024-36358 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security Agent
- CVE-2022-40710 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7p8-rxjg-j7wx.