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CVE-2023-34147: An exposed dangerous function vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and write an arbitrary value to ...

CVE-2023-34147 · published 3 years ago
Summary

An exposed dangerous function vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and write an arbitrary value to specific Trend Micro agent subkeys on affected installations.

Please note: an attacker must first ob...

What to do
  • Update trendmicro apex_one to version 14.0.12518 or later.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
trendmicro apex_one < 14.0.12518
2019
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:*:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
Original advisory text
An exposed dangerous function vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and write an arbitrary value to ...
An exposed dangerous function vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and write an arbitrary value to specific Trend Micro agent subkeys 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-2023-34146 and CVE-2023-34148.
Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker full control
Severity
7.8 High
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
Timeline
Published26 Jun 2023
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
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