Advisory Details

May 4th, 2018

Trend Micro Encryption for Email Gateway emailSearch SearchString SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-6230
CVSS SCORE	6.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Trend Micro
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Encryption for Email Gateway
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL statements on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Encryption for Email Gateway. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the wsEmailSearch class. When parsing the SearchString 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 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/1119349
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-01-02 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-05-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-05-04 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite

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