CVE-2022-45798 — Link Following in Micro INC Trend Micro Apex ONE

CWE-59 — Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Trend Micro INC Trend Micro Apex ONETrendmicro Apex ONE
Timeline
PublishedDec 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5trend_micro_inc/trend_micro_apex_oneOn Premise (14.0) — 14.0.0.11136+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m9xr-mrx5-456x: 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 loca↗2022-12-24
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CVEList
CVE-2022-45798: 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 loca↗2022-12-22
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CVE-2022-45798 — Link Following | cvebase