An updater link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to abuse the updater to delete an ar…

published 2024-01-23 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-56768

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits: 0; none known

An updater link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to abuse the updater to delete an arbitrary folder, leading for a local privilege escalation 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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.0.12534
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One as a Service 14.0.12849

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-01-30)

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	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 as a Service

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

success.trendmicro.com /dcx/s/solution/000296151?language=en_US
vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-24-028/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-52094
NVD CVE-2023-52094

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Summary