CVE-2023-25145 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A link following vulnerability in the scanning function of Trend Micro Apex One 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.

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Trendmicro	Apex One

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:::::saas:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:-::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000292209
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-174/

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2023-03-07T22:19:42.286Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T20:48:30.127Z

Reserved: 2023-02-03T15:46:02.643Z

Link: CVE-2023-25145

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:18:35.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-10T21:15:15.010

Modified: 2025-03-05T21:15:16.993

Link: CVE-2023-25145

Redhat

No data.

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