{"id":"CVE-2022-40143","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-40143","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:32.774Z","title":"A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local attacker to abuse an insecure directory that could allow a low-privileged user to run arbitrary code with…","description":"A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local attacker to abuse an insecure directory that could allow a low-privileged user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.","published":"2022-09-19T18:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:01:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["trendmicro/apex one"],"epss":{"score":0.00332,"percentile":0.26161,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1191/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1191/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40143","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}