1. Hotfix Release Information

Resolved Known Issues

Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service

This Hotfix resolves the following issue(s):

Issue 1 (SEG-69738)

If user click assess impact in "quick investigation" widget will not bring the parameter to Historical Investigation page.

Solution

This hotfix fixes this issue.

Issue 2 (SEG-70058)

The content in generated reports that use the "TM Managed Product Connection Component Status" custom template shows "no data to display" when "Tags and Filters" are selected as targets.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that Apex Central can generate "TM Managed Product Connection Component Status" reports correctly.

Issue 3 (SEG-64659)

The PDF creator cannot parse <wbr> tags correctly which causes it to record inaccurate report size information.

Solution

This hotfix replaces the <wbr> tag with another word-break tag to ensure that reports are formatted correctly.

Issue 4 (SEG-68867)

Logforwarder cannot forward logs when the IP address field contains multiple IP addresses and one of the addresses is in IPv6 format.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that the Logforwarder can forward logs normally under the scenario described above.

Issue 5 (SEG-69030)

A high CPU usage issue occurs on the SQL server when purging Behavior Monitoring logs.

Solution

This hotfix prevents the high CPU usage issue from occurring in this scenario.

Issue 6 (SEG-68902)

When the Security Agent is unregistered from Apex Central, reports and log queries display a different number of Malware/Virus detection logs.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that reports and log queries display the same number of Malware/Virus detection logs.

Issue 7 (VRTS-4126)

Users with Read-Only privileges may be able to export the Data Loss Prevention(TM) (DLP) pattern.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that only users with the required permissions can export the DLP pattern.

Issue 8 (SEG-69530)

When users create a filter policy and select "Directories: Product Directory" in the "Filter by Criteria" page, the product directory does not display any product.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that the product directory displays normally in the "Filter by Criteria" page.

Issue 9 (SEG-66914)

In event logs, the event time does not match the recorded time that an email was received.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that the event time in event logs matches the time of receipt of the email message.

Issue 10 (SEG-71937)

The Apex One Security Agent policy settings for the Trusted Program List and the Predictive Machine Learning Exceptions list do not display properly.

Solution

This hotfix ensures that the policy settings display properly.

Issue 11 (SEG-68452)

If disable 'Display a notification on endpoints when probably virus/malware is detected' then deploy the policy, the settings will have reverted to enable on Web console.

Solution

This hotfix is to update User Interface dependency on web console to solve this issue.

Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service

This Hotfix resolves the following issue(s):

Issue 1 (SEG-66509)

Several large database files may remain in the "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Trend Micro\ESE\data\10009" folder of an endpoint which may cause the endpoint to run out of disk space.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Apex One Security agent program to delete unnecessary database files from the folder and to improve the database pruning function to keep the database size manageable.

Issue 2 (SEG-70765)

Users may encounter a format error when uploading the YARA file before performing a live investigation.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Apex One Endpoint Sensor to the latest version to resolve the Yara file format compatibility issue.

Issue 3 (SEG-68042)

The Apex One security agent displays a virus detection message when users download certain normal .pptx files.

Solution

This hotfix updates the pattern file related to the Advanced Threat Scan Engine (ATSE) to prevent false positive alerts.

Issue 4 (SEG-63971)

When Behavior Monitoring is disabled and Browser Exploit Prevention is enabled, some web browser pages may stop responding.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Trend Micro Common Client Solution Framework to prevent this issue.

Issue 5 (SEG-71452)

The Endpoint Sensor agent cannot be enabled successfully because the old Endpoint Sensor agent has not been uninstalled completely.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Endpoint Sensor agent to enable it to remove the old Endpoint Sensor agent package completely before deploying a new package.

Issue 6 (SEG-69437)

An issue prevents the Application Control agent service from initializing the Digital Signature Pattern (tmwlchk.ptn) in lockdown mode. Application Control needs this pattern to determine which applications are from trusted Trend Micro vendors to be able to allow these applications to run from a protected computer.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Application Control files to resolve this issue.

Issue 7 (SEG-68753)

A buffer overrun issue prevents users from uninstalling the German version of the Apex One Security Agent successfully.

Solution

This hotfix resolves the buffer overrun issue.

Issue 8 (SEG-68208), (SEG-67583)

The Apex One Master Service may stop unexpectedly causing the server to become unavailable.

Solution

This hotfix updates the service to solve this issue.

Issue 9 (SEG-70767)

In non-English Apex One versions, the CSV file attachments in Attack Discovery detections notifications display garbled characters in the column names when opened in Microsoft(TM) Excel(TM).

Solution

This hotfix ensures that the column names display normally.

Issue 10 (SEG-72248), (SEG-70365)

The following two issues related to the Apex One Data Protection Service may occur on protected computers:

  • Users may have trouble accessing the https://fast.com website.
  • Agents cannot connect to VPN through the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.

Solution

This hotfix updates the Data Loss Prevention(TM) (DLP) module to resolve this issue.

Issue 11 (SEG-71645)

The Apex Central Agent Service may stop unexpectedly causing the server to become unavailable.

Solution

This hotfix updates the service to solve this issue.

Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) as a Service

There are no issues for this Hotfix release.

Enhancements

Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service

The following enhancements are included in this Hotfix:

Enhancement 1

Simplified log maintenance

Apex Central automatically deletes logs from Trend Micro servers after 90 days for new customers.

**Note: **

If you are an existing customer and previously changed the default Maximum Log Age, Apex Central retains logs on Trend Micro servers according to the previously configured setting.

Enhancement 2

Performance Enhancement

Apex One (Mac)

This hotfix improves the performance of Apex One (Mac) as a Service.

Enhancement 3 (SEG-69881)

This hotfix allows users to search for endpoint names that contains an underscore character "_" in the terminate object page of the Endpoint Sensor web console.

Enhancement 4 (SEG-69881)

This hotfix resolves an error to ensure that the Endpoint Sensor can perform a scheduled investigation normally.

Enhancement 5 (SEG-32695)

This hotfix allows users to Single Sign-on (SSO) to other products from the Apex Central web console using a proxy server.

Enhancement 6

New Features

Pre-assessment installer

Use the pre-assessment installer to automatically verify endpoint resources, install the Security Agent, or reattempt installation on previously incompatible endpoints.

Enhancement 7

New Features

New policy layout

Enable the newly enhanced Policy Management screen layout to streamline the configuration of Apex One policy settings.

Enhancement 8 (SEG-60191)

This hotfix enhances Apex Central to share Deep Discovery Analyzer (DDAN) in the hub site to managed OfficeScan (OSCE)/Apex One in the node site.

Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service

The following enhancements are included in this Hotfix:

Enhancement 1 (SEG-73273), (SEG-72629)

This hotfix updates the policy deployment process to prevent a time out issue that could trigger several "Endpoint Sensor: 201504423" issues during policy deployment.

Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) as a Service

The following enhancements are included in this Hotfix:

Enhancement 1

This hotfix improves the performance of Apex One (Mac) as a Service.

Enhancement 2

This hotfix changes the Apex Central Policy page WCU layout so that policy settings are displayed in groups so users do not have to go through one long list of settings.

Additional Information

Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service

No additional information available.

Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service

Security Agent version: 14.0.7313

Security Agent restart: Required

Estimated size of network traffic (in terms of bandwidth) required for deployment:

  • 32-bit Security Agent hotfix = 207 MB
  • 64-bit Security Agent hotfix = 215 MB

Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) as a Service

Security Agent Version: 3.5.3355

Security Agent Restart Requirement: Not required

Estimated size of network traffic (in terms of bandwidth) required for deployment:

64-bit Security Agent Hotfix = 117 MB

2. Documentation Set

    The document set includes:

  • Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service documents
    • Readme: Contains a list of known issues and may also contain late-breaking product information not found in the Online Help or printed documentation.
    • Knowledge Base: An online database of problem-solving and troubleshooting information. It provides the latest information about known product issues. To access the Knowledge Base, go to the following website: http://esupport.trendmicro.com
  • Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service documents
    • Administrator's Guide: A PDF document that provides detailed instructions for how to configure and manage the Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service console and features.
    • Data Protection Lists (Chapter 1 only): A PDF document that lists predefined data identifiers and templates for Data Loss Prevention.
    • Widget and Policy Management Guide: Explains how to configure Dashboard widgets and Policy Management widgets on the Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service console.
    • Automation API Guide: A PDF document that explains how to use Trend Micro Apex Central™ Automation APIs.
    • Online Help: Provides "how to's", usage advice, and field-specific information. The Help is also accessible from the Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service console.
  • Trend Micro Apex One™ server documents
    • Administrator's Guide: A PDF document that discusses getting started information and Trend Micro Apex One™ server administration.
    • Online Help: Provides "how to's", usage advice, and field-specific information. The Help is accessible from the Trend Micro Apex One™ server, agent, and Policy Server consoles, and from the OfficeScan Master Setup.
  • Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) server documents
    • Administrator's Guide: A PDF document that discusses getting started information and Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) server administration.
    • Online Help: Provides "how to's", usage advice, and field-specific information for Trend Micro. The Help is also accessible from the Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service console.
  • Security Agent documents
    • Trend Micro Apex One™ Security Agent Online Help: Discusses getting started information, Trend Micro Apex One™ Security Agent installation procedures, and Trend Micro Apex One™ Security Agent management.
    • Trend Micro Apex One™ Security Agent Readme: Contains a list of known issues and may also contain late-breaking product information not found in the Online Help or printed documentation.
    • Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) Security Agent Online Help: Discusses getting started information, Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) Security Agent installation procedures, and Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) Security Agent management.

    Download the latest versions of the PDF documents and readme at our online documentation.

3. Post-installation Configuration

No post-installation steps are required.

NOTE: Trend Micro recommends that you update your scan engine and virus pattern files immediately after installing the product.

4. Known Issues

Trend Micro Apex Central™ as a Service

Known issues in this release:

Known issue 1

The file name of the attached ZIP file for a generated report contains garbled text if the report name contains non-alphanumeric characters.

Known issue 2

The attached ZIP file for a generated report cannot be opened of the report name contains Traditional Chinese characters.

Known issue 3

If Apex Central as a Service is the Node Apex Central of an on-premises Hub Apex Central server, Apex Central as a Service might not be able to receive Suspicious Object Lists from the on-premises Hub Apex Central.

To resolve this issue, contact your support representative.

Trend Micro Apex One™ as a Service

Known issues in this release:

Known issue 1

Security Agent consoles running build 13.95 display an incorrect policy name. To resolve this issue, upgrade the Security Agent to 14.0. After the Security Agent contacts the server, the policy name displays correctly.

Known issue 2

Off-premises and Security Agents in Independent mode cannot update the Certified Safe Software Pattern from external update sources.

Known issue 3

Coexist mode Security Agents on endpoints with Windows Defender may experience installation issues or be unable to upload data to the Apex One server due to a file locking issue. To resolve this issue, add Endpoint Sensor (ESEServiceShell.exe and ESClient.exe) in the exclusions list of Windows Defender to prevent the locking issue.

Known issue 4

After copying a file to a remote server using a relative path as the source, Apex One is unable to translate the relative path into the full system directory.

Known issue 5

The quality of RCA analysis chain image files is reduced when viewing the files using Windows 10 Photo Viewer.

Known issue 6

When attempting to start a Historical Investigation from the Attack Discovery Detections widget that includes Registry value name or Registry value data criteria, the Historical Investigation displays an error message if the length of the Registry value name exceeds 260 characters or the Registry value data exceeds 64 characters.

Known issue 7

After updating the Attack Discovery Pattern file (tmesadp.ptn) on Security Agents, a database schema error may occur that causes the Endpoint Sensor feature to continuously report the same detections to the server during each synchronization. This causes duplicate records to display on the Apex Central server.

Trend Micro Apex One™ (Mac) as a Service

Known issues in this release:

Known issue 1

After enabling the Scan Time Machine option for Manual Scan and Scheduled Scan, Apex One (Mac) cannot perform any actions (clean, quarantine, or delete) on detected malware threats due to a permission limitation in Mac OS. Configured scan actions are displayed as unsuccessful in the product logs.

Known issue 2

When performing a historical investigation on Apex One (Mac) endpoints, the system replaces a backslash (/) with a colon (:) in file names, preventing users from searching for file names that contain backslashes in investigation results.

To resolve this issue, use a colon (:) to search for the files.

5. Contact Information

A license to Trend Micro software usually includes the right to product updates, pattern file updates, and basic technical support for one (1) year from the date of purchase only. After the first year, you must renew Maintenance on an annual basis at Trend Micro's then-current Maintenance fees.

Contact Trend Micro via fax, phone, and email, or visit our website to download evaluation copies of Trend Micro products.

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/contact.html

NOTE: This information is subject to change without notice.

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7. License Agreement

View information about your license agreement with Trend Micro at: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/about/legal.html

Third-party licensing agreements can be viewed:

  • By selecting the "About" option in the application user interface
  • By referring to the "Legal" page of the Administrator's Guide
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