CVE-2022-45798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00073.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Trendmicro	Apex One

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-::::saas:::
	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019::::-:::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48654	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291830
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1665/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2022-12-22T21:24:44.297Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T13:36:36.173Z

Reserved: 2022-11-22T20:28:03.495Z

Link: CVE-2022-45798

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:17:04.129Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-24T00:15:08.867

Modified: 2025-04-15T14:15:37.107

Link: CVE-2022-45798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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