Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2022-40142

A security link following local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service agents could allow a local attacker to create a writable folder in an arbitrary location and 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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.