VDB-215296 · CVE-2022-45797 · GCVE-0-2022-45797

Trend Micro Apex One/Apex One as a Service Damage Cleanup Engine privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Damage Cleanup Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-45797. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Damage Cleanup Engine. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 12/12/2022. The advisory is shared for download at success.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-45797 since 11/22/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/25/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

Trend Micro

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

11/22/2022 🔍
12/12/2022 +20 days 🔍
12/12/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: success.trendmicro.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-45797 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-45797
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215296

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2022 12:59
Updated: 04/25/2025 07:42
Changes: 12/12/2022 12:59 (35), 01/02/2023 16:55 (11), 04/25/2025 07:42 (16)
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