High severity · published Sep 19, 2022
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 attacker to abuse an insecure…
7.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% 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 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40143
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40143
Patch
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1191/
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