Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 SP1/XG TMWFP Driver access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 SP1/XG. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component TMWFP Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-10505. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 SP1/XG (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component TMWFP Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A pool corruption privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 SP1 and XG could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within the processing of IOCTL 0x220008 in the TMWFP driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 06/07/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at success.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-10505 since 04/27/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/17/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371047 (Trend Micro OfficeScan Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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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Type

• Anti-Malware Software

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• Trend Micro

Name

• OfficeScan

Version

• 11.0 SP1
• XG

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

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