CVE-2023-25144 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and create arbitrary directories with arbitrary ownership.

Published: 2023-03-07

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Trend Micro, Inc.

Trend Micro Apex One

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2019 (14.0)`	affected	< 14.0.0.11564

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:::::saas:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:-::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29122	An improper access control vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and create arbitrary directories with arbitrary ownership.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00304.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000292209
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-171/

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Trendmicro Apex One

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2023-03-07T22:19:31.521Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T16:04:16.277Z

Reserved: 2023-02-03T15:46:02.643Z

Link: CVE-2023-25144

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:18:35.220Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-10T21:15:14.943

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:40:46.047

Link: CVE-2023-25144

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
NVD-CWE-Other

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