CVE-2022-26871

Trend Micro Apex Central: Arbitrary File Upload

As of , CVE-2022-26871 in Trend Micro Apex Central is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 31 March 2022
US federal deadline
21 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.19Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.04 on 31 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow for remote code execution.

CISA's description

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

The CVE record's description, from trendmicro

CVE published
29 March 2022
Assigned by
trendmicro
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-345
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CWE-184
Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

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