CVE-2022-28339 Path traversal in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
An attacker with low privileges can exploit an uncontrolled search path to load a malicious DLL, leading to privilege escalation and code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-28339?
CVE-2022-28339 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks, published on 22 Feb 2025. 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
Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks version 5.3.1302 and below contains an uncontrolled search patch element vulnerability that could allow an attacker with low user privileges to create a malicious DLL that could lead to escalated privileges.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28339?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Housecall for Home Networks.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28339?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28339 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-28339 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28339 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- CVE-2021-25247 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- CVE-2019-19688 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- CVE-2019-19689 Other in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- CVE-2021-28649 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
- CVE-2021-31519 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vcf-jcc6-ppj2.