FKIE_CVE-2022-40139

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-09-19 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:01
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@trendmicro.comhttps://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-40139US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trendmicro apex_one -
trendmicro apex_one 2019
microsoft windows -
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