CVE-2022-40139 (GCVE-0-2022-40139)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-19 18:01
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Improper Validation
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One Version: 2019 (on-prem) and SaaS
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2022-09-15

Due date: 2022-10-06

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000291528?language=en_US; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40139

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