Trend Micro Apex One/Apex One as a Service /SAFESEH protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /SAFESEH. The manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-44654. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file /SAFESEH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Affected builds of Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service contain a monitor engine component that is complied without the /SAFESEH memory protection mechanism which helps to monitor for malicious payloads. The affected component's memory protection mechanism has been updated to enhance product security.

The weakness was released 12/13/2022 with Trend Micro. The advisory is shared at success.trendmicro.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-44654 since 11/03/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/29/2025).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/03/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +40 days 🔍
12/13/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2025 +868 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: success.trendmicro.com
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-44654 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-44654
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215381

Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2022 08:19
Updated: 04/29/2025 12:04
Changes: 12/13/2022 08:19 (37), 01/07/2023 09:45 (11), 04/29/2025 12:04 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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