CVE-2022-23120

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 20, 2022 at 06:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDeep Security Agent· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

A code injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Deep Security and Cloud One - Workload Security Agent for Linux version 20 and below could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code in the context of root. Please note: an attacker must first obtain access to the target agent in an un-activated and unconfigured state in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290104
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.modzero.com/advisories/MZ-21-02-Trendmicro.txt

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94

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