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CVE-2022-40142

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

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.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One: 2019

References

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

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