An origin validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affect…

published 2024-06-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36021

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

An origin validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate 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 vulnerability is similar to, but not identical to, CVE-2024-36303.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.0.12980
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One as a Service 14.0.13139
trendmicro apex_one 14.0.0.12980
trendmicro apex_one_as_a_service 14.0.13139

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-02)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	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

Affected products

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One as a Service
trendmicro apex_one
trendmicro apex_one_as_a_service

Classification

Weakness

CWE-346 Origin Validation Error

References

success.trendmicro.com /dcx/s/solution/000298063
broken-link
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-24-569/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-36302
NVD CVE-2024-36302

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Summary