High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-40143
CVE-2022-40143
Description
A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local attacker to abuse an insecure directory that could allow a low-privileged user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:*:saas:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:*:saas:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- Range: 2019 (on-prem) and SaaS
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References
2- success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1191/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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