Vulnerability CVE-2022-40142


Published: 2022-09-19

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://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1190/

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