CVE-2022-40143 — Link Following in Micro Apex ONE

CWE-59 — Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Trend Micro Apex ONETrendmicro Apex ONE
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateSep 20

Description

A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local attacker to abuse an insecure directory that could allow a low-privileged user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5trend_micro/trend_micro_apex_one2019 (on-prem) and SaaS

Patches

Patch: success.trendmicro.com ↗Patch: success.trendmicro.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2pfr-2xmv-j9v4: A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local at↗2022-09-20
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CVEList
CVE-2022-40143: A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local at↗2022-09-19
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