Description
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.
Published: 2022-12-22
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
History

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

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows
Trendmicro Apex One
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2022-45798

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2022-45798

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses