A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Virus Control System 1.8 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Config File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in TrendMicro Virus Control System 1.8 allows a remote attacker to view configuration files and change the configuration via a certain CGI program.

The weakness was shared 09/20/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0689. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/09/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Trend Micro

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• Virus Control System

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• 1.8

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• commercial

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