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CVE-2023-25144

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

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.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One: before 14.0.11960; 2019 — fixed in 14.0.11960

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.11960. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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