CVE-2022-40143

A link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service servers could allow a local attacker to abuse an insecure directory that could allow a low-privileged user to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.3 High

Status

Modified - security@trendmicro.com

Published

2022-09-19

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One (Trend Micro)
• Apex One (Trendmicro)

References

• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1191/