Advisory Details

March 9th, 2017

Trend Micro Deep Discovery Email Inspector firewall_setting Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-17-155
ZDI-CAN-4349

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Deep Discovery Email Inspector
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['26824']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Deep Discovery Email Inspector. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within firewall_setting.php. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of root.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1116750
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2017-01-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2017-03-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Brian Gorenc - Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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