CVE-2023-34148

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2023 at 09:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApex One· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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-2023-34147.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.0.125182019 ≤ v < 14.0.0.120332019
Affected range stops below 14.0.0.12033, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0.12518, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269CWE-863

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