Trend Micro Control Manager cgiRedAlertStatusTracking SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

September 22nd, 2017
ZDI-17-101 ZDI-CAN-4345

CVE ID

CVSS Score

6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors

Trend Micro

Affected Products

Control Manager

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Control Manager. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed.

The specific flaw exists within cgiRedAlertStatusTracking.exe. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SQL Server database user.

Additional Details

Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1116624

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2017-01-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2017-09-22 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Steven Seeley of Source Incite

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