CVE-2023-52094

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 23, 2024 at 08:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApex One

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

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

v < 14.0.128492019 (14.0) ≤ v < 14.0.0.12534SaaS ≤ v < 14.0.1284920192019 (14.0)SaaS
Affected range stops below 14.0.0.12534, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0.12849, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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