CVE-2022-44651: trend micro, inc. trend micro apex one

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-44651 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in trend micro, inc. trend micro apex one. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-11-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Time-of-Check Time-Of-Use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent could allow a local attacker to escalate 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.

• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionThe product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.