CVE-2022-40139
Published on September 19, 2022
Improper validation of some components used by the rollback mechanism in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service clients could allow a Apex One server administrator to instruct affected clients to download an unverified rollback package, which could lead to remote code execution. Please note: an attacker must first obtain Apex One server administration console access in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service contain an improper validation of rollback mechanism components that could lead to remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 6, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-40139 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.2 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
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