High severity · published Jan 23, 2024
CVE-2023-47198
An origin validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One security agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An origin validation 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.
This vulnerability is similar to, but not identical to, CVE-2023-47199.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Apex One · Trend Micro
before 14.0.12737; 2019 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47198
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47198
Vendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000295652?language=en_US
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1619/
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