CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-45798
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
A link following vulnerability in the Damage Cleanup Engine component of Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by creating a symbolic link and abusing the service to delete a file.
Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• trendmicro apex one
• trendmicro apex one 2019
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291830 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1665/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291830 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1665/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry