Headline
CVE-2022-34893: ZDI-22-1175
Trend Micro Security 2022 (consumer) has a link following vulnerability where an attacker with lower privileges could manipulate a mountpoint which could lead to escalation of privilege on an affected machine.
August 31st, 2022
Trend Micro Maximum Security Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability****ZDI-22-1175
ZDI-CAN-14557
CVE ID
CVE-2022-34893
CVSS SCORE
7.8, (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
AFFECTED VENDORS
Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Maximum Security
VULNERABILITY DETAILS
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Maximum Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the Trend Micro Anti-Malware Solution Platform. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-11053
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
- 2022-03-02 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2022-08-31 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT
brsn (@brsn76945860)
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