CVE-2022-40142

high

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.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2022-40139-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one-exploited-in-the-wild

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1190/

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-19

Updated: 2022-09-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High