CVE-2022-40710 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Deep Security
A local attacker can escalate privileges on Trend Micro Deep Security installations by exploiting a link following vulnerability.
- 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-2022-40710?
CVE-2022-40710 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Deep Security, published on 28 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Deep Security 20 and Cloud One - Workload Security Agent for Windows could allow a local attacker to 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40710?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Deep Security Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40710?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40710 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-40710 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-99h4-v6gx-v3qp.