Published:2020/04/06  Last Updated:2020/04/06

JVNVU#93266623
Trend Micro Password Manager may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Password Manager provided by Trend Micro Incorporated may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Password Manager 5.x Windows prior to version 5.0.0.1092

Description

Password Manager provided by Trend Micro Incorporated contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Impact

If an attacker who can login to the computer where the affected product is installed uses the specially crafted DLL file, arbitrary code may be executed with an escalated privilege.

Solution

Update the Software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
According to developer, this vulnerability was addressed in Password Manager 5.0.0.1092.

Vendor Status

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 7.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 6.0
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Comment

This analysis assumes that the user is tricked into placing a malicious DLL file prepared by an attacker in a specific folder.

Credit

Trend Micro Incorporated reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC to notify users of its solution through JVN.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2020-8469
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