Trend Micro Interscan Viruswall 3.0.1 SMTP Scanner Attachment privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Trend Micro Interscan Viruswall 3.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SMTP Scanner. Such manipulation as part of Attachment leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0033. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trend Micro Interscan Viruswall 3.0.1 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component SMTP Scanner. The manipulation as part of a Attachment leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

InterScan VirusWall SMTP scanner does not properly scan messages with malformed attachments.

The bug was discovered 12/27/1999. The weakness was shared 12/27/1999 by FIRST (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0033. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74073 (Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall Scan Evasion Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3767), SecurityFocus (BID 899†), OSVDB (1178†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6767†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15104
X-Force: 3767
SecurityFocus: 899 - InterScan VirusWall Scan Evasion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1178 - InterScan VirusWall Scan Evasion
Vulnerability Center: 6767 - Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall 3.0.1 Allows Bypassing Virus Scanning via \x27\x3D\x27 Character, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 16:32
Updated: 10/19/2025 23:11
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:32 (61), 05/29/2019 09:53 (3), 10/19/2025 23:11 (20)
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