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high 7.8

CVE-2023-34144 json

An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to…

published 2023-06-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-38246

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate their privileges on affected installations.

Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

This is a similar, but not identical vulnerability as CVE-2023-34145.

Patch / fix

  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.0.12033
  • trend_micro_inc trend_micro_apex_one 14.0.0.12033

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One
  • trend_micro_inc trend_micro_apex_one

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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