Apex One and Apex Central
CVE-2023-52094: Updater link following in Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Apex One as a Service
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.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Trend Micro Apex One 2019 (14.0) | 14.0.0.12534 or later |
| Trend Micro Apex One as a Service SaaS | 14.0.12849 or later |
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What it is
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.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 12 Oct 2026.