VDB-114663 · CVE-2018-6219 · EDB-ID 44166

Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 Update certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Update Handler. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6219. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5. This affects an unknown part of the component Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An Insecure Update via HTTP vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to eavesdrop and tamper with with certain types of update data.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2018. The weakness was presented 03/15/2018 as EDB-ID 44166 as confirmed exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6219 since 01/25/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Core Security and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download 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 VDB-114669, VDB-114664, VDB-114665 and VDB-114666 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Trend Micro

Name

Email Encryption Gateway

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Core Security
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