CVE-2022-34893 Path traversal in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

High 7.8 Published Updated

An attacker with lower privileges can manipulate a mountpoint to escalate privileges on machines running Trend Micro Security.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-34893?

CVE-2022-34893 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 19 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34893?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Trendmicro Security.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34893?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34893 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-2022-34893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hc8w-f35h-8rrj.

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