High severity · published Jul 29, 2022
CVE-2022-36336
A link following vulnerability in the scanning function of Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security agents could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on…
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A link following vulnerability in the scanning function of Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security agents could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. The resolution for this issue has been deployed automatically via ActiveUpdate to customers in an updated Spyware pattern. Customers who are up-to-date on detection patterns are not required to take any additional steps to mitigate this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Apex One · Trend Micro
2019 and SaaS · source: vendor, NVD
TM
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security · Trend Micro
10.0 SP1 and SaaS · source: vendor
WB
Worry-free Business Security · Trendmicro
10.0 · source: NVD
WB
Worry-free Business Security Services · Trendmicro
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36336
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36336
Vendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291267
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1033/
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