7.1

CVE-2022-45797: trend micro, inc. trend micro apex one

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
Published 01-12-2022Last modified 24-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45797 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in trend micro, inc. trend micro apex one. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the Damage Cleanup Engine component of Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and delete files 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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.67% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Trend micro, inc.1 product
Trendmicro1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links