CVE-2022-34893 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-09-19

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2022 (17.7.1179 and below)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-37797	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00275.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-11053
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1175/

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00132}`	epss `{'score': 0.00141}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Trendmicro Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2022-09-19T18:00:57.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:22:10.646Z

Reserved: 2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34893

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-19T18:15:09.717

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:51:07.150

Link: CVE-2022-34893

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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