Trend Micro Apex One Rootkit Protection Driver input validation

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, Deep Security, Worry-Free Business Security, Security, Safe Lock, ServerProtect, Portable Security, HouseCall, Anti-Threat Toolkit and Rootkit Buster. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Rootkit Protection Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-8607. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, Deep Security, Worry-Free Business Security, Security, Safe Lock, ServerProtect, Portable Security, HouseCall, Anti-Threat Toolkit and Rootkit Buster (Anti-Malware Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Rootkit Protection Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An input validation vulnerability found in multiple Trend Micro products utilizing a particular version of a specific rootkit protection driver could allow an attacker in user-mode with administrator permissions to abuse the driver to modify a kernel address that may cause a system crash or potentially lead to code execution in kernel mode. An attacker must already have obtained administrator access on the target machine (either legitimately or via a separate unrelated attack) to exploit this vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 08/05/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at jvn.jp. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-8607 since 02/04/2020. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Trend Micro

Name

• Anti-Threat Toolkit
• Apex One
• Deep Security
• HouseCall
• OfficeScan
• Portable Security
• Rootkit Buster
• Safe Lock
• Security
• ServerProtect
• Worry-Free Business Security

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

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