CVE-2022-40142 Information

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.

Reference

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