CVE-2022-45797 - An arbitrary file deletion 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 and delete files on affected installations

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HIGH

An arbitrary file deletion 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 and delete files on affected installations

Published Dec 1, 2022

7.1

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.67%

Description

An arbitrary file deletion 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 and delete files on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

Vendor Trend Micro, Inc. Product Trend Micro Apex One Default
n/a
- Version
  On Premise (14.0)
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <14.0.0.11136
- Version
  SaaS (14.0)
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <14.0.11840