# CVE-2022-48191: Race condition in Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer)

> A low-privileged user can escalate privileges by exploiting a race condition during file removal and restoration in Trend Micro Maximum Security.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hwpw-gw93-83r7

## What is CVE-2022-48191?

CVE-2022-48191 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer), published on 18 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2022 (17.7) wherein a low-privileged user can write a known malicious executable to a specific location and in the process of removal and restoral an attacker could replace an original folder with a mount point to an arbitrary location, allowing a escalation of privileges on an affected system.

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48191?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Maximum Security 2022.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-48191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer)

- [CVE-2025-52521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52521/): Path traversal in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-49384](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49384/): Path traversal in Trend Micro Internet Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-49385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49385/): Path traversal in Trend Micro Internet Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-32849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32849/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-30687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30687/): Path traversal in Trend Micro Maximum Security (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48191 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48191 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer), published on 18 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48191/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48191/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48191
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48191
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48191

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48191/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.