Advisory Details

February 28th, 2018

Trend Micro Smart Protection Server Auth Command Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-6231
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Smart Protection Server
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Smart Protection Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of credentials provided at login. When parsing the username, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1119385
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-02-02 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-02-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-02-28 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Alain Homewood (Insomnia Security)

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