CVE-2023-47192 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An agent link 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.

Published: 2024-01-23

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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	< 14.0.0.12526

Trend Micro, Inc.

Trend Micro Apex One as a Service

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`SaaS`	affected	< 14.0.12737

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:::::saas:windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019::::on-premises:windows::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.0008.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000295652?language=en_US
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1611/

History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Trendmicro Apex One

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2024-01-23T20:36:34.790Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T16:13:44.095Z

Reserved: 2023-10-31T19:20:53.843Z

Link: CVE-2023-47192

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:01:22.811Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T21:15:08.520

Modified: 2025-06-17T17:15:32.210

Link: CVE-2023-47192

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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