Published:2020/08/06  Last Updated:2020/08/06

JVNVU#98423028
Installer of Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Installers of Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) family may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Premium Security 2020  for Windows v16.0.1146 and earlier
  • Maximum Security 2020 for Windows v16.0.1146 and earlier
  • Internet Security 2020 for Windows v16.0.1146 and earlier
  • Antivirus+ 2020 for Windows v16.0.1146 and earlier

Description

Multiple products provided by Trend Micro Incorporated contain the DLL search path issue, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

Solution

Use the latest installer
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.

Note that this vulnerability affects the installer only, thus users who have already installed Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) do not need to re-install the software.

References

  1. Japan Vulnerability Notes JVNTA#91240916
    Insecure DLL Loading and Command Execution Issues on Many Windows Application Programs

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 7.8
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)

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-2020-15602
JVN iPedia