CVE-2022-26319 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Portable Security
A local attacker can elevate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the installer folder of Trend Micro Portable Security.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-26319?
CVE-2022-26319 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Portable Security, published on 8 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An installer search patch element vulnerability in Trend Micro Portable Security 3.0 Pro, 3.0 and 2.0 could allow a local attacker to place an arbitrarily generated DLL file in an installer folder to elevate local privileges. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26319?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Portable Security.
How do I fix CVE-2022-26319?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26319 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-26319 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26319 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8m48-f4hj-956j.