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Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2022-24680

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Trend Micro Apex One from Trend Micro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Apex One as a Service, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services agents could allow a local attacker to create a mount point and leverage this for arbitrary folder deletion, leading to escalated privileges 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One 2019, SaaS
Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)

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