Trend Micro Security Manager/Vulnerability Protection XML Data xml external entity reference

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A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Security Manager and Vulnerability Protection. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component XML Data Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to xml external entity reference. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-9488. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Trend Micro Security Manager and Vulnerability Protection (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component XML Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).

The weakness was published 09/11/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at success.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9488 since 03/01/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. 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 08/21/2020).

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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• Trend Micro

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• Security Manager
• Vulnerability Protection

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/

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