VDB-222782 · CVE-2023-25144 · ZDI-23-171

Trend Micro Apex One access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Trend Micro Apex One. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-25144. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Apex One (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An improper access control vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and create arbitrary directories with arbitrary ownership.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2023 as ZDI-23-171. The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-25144 since 02/03/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/04/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

Trend Micro

Name

Apex One

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

02/03/2023 🔍
03/11/2023 +36 days 🔍
03/11/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: ZDI-23-171
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-25144 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-25144
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222782

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2023 08:12
Updated: 04/04/2023 09:10
Changes: 03/11/2023 08:12 (37), 04/04/2023 09:10 (11)
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