CVE-2022-24678 Denial of service in Trend Micro Apex One
An attacker can exhaust disk space by flooding temporary logs, causing a denial of service in Trend Micro security agents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-24678?
CVE-2022-24678 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex One, published on 24 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An security agent resource exhaustion denial-of-service vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Apex One as a Service, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services agents could allow an attacker to flood a temporary log location and consume all disk space on affected installations.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24678?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Trendmicro Apex One, Trendmicro Worry-Free Business Security, Trendmicro Worry-Free Business Security Services.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24678?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24678 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-24678 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24678 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Apex One
- CVE-2020-8599 Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2025-54948 Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection
- CVE-2021-36741 Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2020-8467 Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2020-8468 Trend Micro Multiple Products Content Validation Escape
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p42c-v7q9-397h.