VDB-114673 · CVE-2018-6229 · EDB-ID 44166

Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A SQL injection vulnerability in an Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 edit policy script could allow an attacker to execute SQL commands to upload and execute arbitrary code that may harm the target system.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2018. The weakness was presented 03/15/2018 as EDB-ID 44166 as confirmed exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6229 since 01/25/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Core Security and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44166). See 114669, 114663, 114664 and 114665 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Vendor

Trend Micro

Name

Email Encryption Gateway

Version

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Core Security
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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01/25/2018 🔍
02/21/2018 +27 days 🔍
02/22/2018 +1 days 🔍
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03/15/2018 +21 days 🔍
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03/16/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/14/2020 +669 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: EDB-ID 44166
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6229 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2018 08:19
Updated: 01/14/2020 10:39
Changes: 03/16/2018 08:19 (66), 01/14/2020 10:39 (1)
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