CVE-2022-44650

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: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in the Unauthorized Change Prevention service of Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to elevate 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 14.0.11789; 2019 — fixed in 14.0.11789

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.11789. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291770
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1616/
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291770
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1616/

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