CVE-2024-32849

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Trend Micro Security 17.x (Consumer) is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files including its own.

Affected products

Trend Micro Maximum Security: from 17.0 before 17.7 — fixed in 17.7
Trendmicro Maximum Security 2023: from 17.0 before 17.7 — fixed in 17.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trend Micro Maximum Security 17.7; Trendmicro Maximum Security 2023 17.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-19175
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-576/
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-19175
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-576/

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