CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-40142

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-09-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-09-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

A security link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service agents could allow a local attacker to create a writable folder in an arbitrary location and 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.

Affected configurations

• trendmicro apex one • trendmicro apex one 2019

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References