CVE-2022-40143

high

Description

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.

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-22-1191/

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: 7.3

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

Severity: High