Published:2020/04/10  Last Updated:2020/04/10

JVNVU#99911229
Installers of Multiple Trend Micro Products may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Installers of multiple Trend Micro products may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • IM Security Version 1.6.5
  • Control Manager Version 7.0
  • OfficeScan XG
  • Endpoint Sensor Version 1.6
  • Trend Micro Security (Consumer)  All 2019 Versions
  • ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange Version 14.0
  • ServerProtect Windows/Netware (5.8), EMC (5.8), and Storage (6.0)
  • Mobile Security (Enterprise) Version 9.8

Description

Installers of multiple Trend Micro products contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries.

Impact

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

Solution

Update the Software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Note that this vulnerability affects the installer only, thus users who have already installed the software do not need to re-install the software.

Vendor Status

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)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 6.8
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-2019-14688
JVN iPedia