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Trend Micro Apex One: CVE-2022-45797:

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 1, 2022
Added
Apr 29, 2025
Modified
Apr 6, 2026

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.

Solution

trend-micro-apex-one-upgrade-latest
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