CVE-2022-48191

CVE-2022-48191 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Maximum Security 2022 (version 17.7) on Microsoft Windows. A low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition during file removal and restoration to replace legitimate folders with mount points, leading to arbitrary file system access and privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity (AC:H) but can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.