Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2022 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2022-36336

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 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A link following vulnerability in the scanning function of Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security agents could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. The resolution for this issue has been deployed automatically via ActiveUpdate to customers in an updated Spyware pattern. Customers who are up-to-date on detection patterns are not required to take any additional steps to mitigate this issue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Trend Micro	Trend Micro Apex One	2019 and SaaS
Trend Micro	Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security	10.0 SP1 and SaaS

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291267 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1033/ x_refsource_MISC