CVE-2022-30701

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to craft a special configuration file to load an untrusted library with escalated 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.

Affected products

Trend Micro Apex One: before 14.0.10349; 2019 — fixed in 14.0.10349

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.10349. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291008
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-797/
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291008
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-797/

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