Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-32554

Race Condition in Trendmicro Apex One ≤ 14.0.12105

Race Condition
Published
26 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 8th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-32554 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex One. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A Time-of-Check Time-Of-Use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: a local attacker must first obtain the ability to execute…

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low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is similar to, but not identical to CVE-2023-32555.

CWE(s)
CWE-367

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-32555Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-32556Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-34147Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-30902Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-32552Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-25147Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-25144Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-34144Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-32557Same product: Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-25145Same product: Microsoft Windows

Affected Assets

trendmicro
apex one
2019 · ≤ 14.0.12105

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-367

Timestamps meeting UTC or offset standards help identify TOCTOU issues through precise chronological reconstruction of check/use operations.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.17 Clock synchronization none match
none

Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.

References