Advisory Details

May 17th, 2023

Trend Micro Apex Central modTMMS SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2023-32530
CVSS SCORE	7.2, AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Apex Central
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex Central. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of set_certificates_config requests to the modTMMS endpoint. When parsing the dbCert parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the IUSR user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000293107
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2022-07-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2023-05-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Poh Jia Hao of STAR Labs

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