High severity · published Sep 19, 2022
CVE-2022-40139
Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability
In wildKEV
7.2
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
Improper validation of some components used by the rollback mechanism in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service clients could allow a Apex One server administrator to instruct affected clients to download an unverified rollback package, which could lead to remote code execution. Please note: an attacker must first obtain Apex One server administration console access in order to exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Sep 15, 2022
Federal remediation dueOct 6, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Apex One · Trend Micro
2019 (on-prem) and SaaS · source: vendor, NVD
AO
Apex One and Apex One as a Service · Trend Micro
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40139
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40139
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_MISC
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
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