CVE-2023-52094 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.00055.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Trendmicro	Apex One

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-56768	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000296151?language=en_US
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-028/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2024-01-23T20:40:30.228Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T18:56:24.284Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T18:39:33.449Z

Link: CVE-2023-52094

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:12.527Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T21:15:09.293

Modified: 2025-06-20T19:15:27.507

Link: CVE-2023-52094

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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