Security Bulletin: Trend Micro Maximum Security Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

LAST UPDATED: FEB 17, 2023

Release Date: July 04, 2022

Trend Micro Vulnerability Identifier: CVE-2022-34893

Platform(s): Microsoft Windows

Summary

Trend Micro has released an update via ActiveUpdate for Trend Micro Security 2022 family of consumer products which resolves a link following vulnerability which could lead to local privilege escalation.

Affected version(s)

PRODUCT	AFFECTED VERSION(S)	PLATFORM	LANGUAGE(S)
Trend Micro Security	17.7.1179 and below	Microsoft Windows	English

Solution

Trend Micro has released an update via ActiveUpdate that resolves the issue.

PRODUCT	APPLICABLE VERSION(S)	PLATFORM	LANGUAGE(S)
Trend Micro Security	17.7.1634	Microsoft Windows	English

Vulnerability Details

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.

Trend Micro has received no reports nor is aware of any actual attacks against the affected products related to this vulnerability at this time.

Mitigating Factors

None identified. Customers are advised to ensure they always have the latest version of the program.

Acknowledgement

Trend Micro would like to thank the following individual for responsibly disclosing the issue and working with Trend Micro to help protect our customers:

• brsn (@brsn76945860) with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

Additional Assistance

Customers who have questions are encouraged to contact Trend Micro Technical Support for further assistance.

External Reference

• ZDI-CAN-14557