Trend Micro Virus Control System 1.8 on IIS ActiveSupport.exe resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Trend Micro Virus Control System 1.8 on IIS. This affects an unknown part of the file ActiveSupport.exe. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2003-1342. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Virus Control System 1.8 on IIS (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file ActiveSupport.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Trend Micro Virus Control System (TVCS) 1.8 running with IIS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) in IIS via multiple URL requests for ActiveSupport.exe.

The weakness was published 01/14/2003 by Rod Boron (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-1342 since 10/14/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at X-Force (11060), Exploit-DB (22172), SecurityFocus (BID 6617†), OSVDB (6185†) and Secunia (SA7881†). Similar entries are available at VDB-21264, VDB-21266 and VDB-21267. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2003 🔍
01/14/2003 +0 days 🔍
01/15/2003 +0 days 🔍
01/16/2003 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +349 days 🔍
05/18/2004 +138 days 🔍
10/14/2007 +1244 days 🔍
08/28/2014 +2510 days 🔍
02/03/2025 +3812 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Rod Boron
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1342 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1342
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21265
X-Force: 11060
SecurityFocus: 6617 - Trend Micro Virus Control System Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 7881 - TrendMicro security bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 6185 - Trend Micro Virus Control System ActiveSupport.exe DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/28/2014 17:53
Updated: 02/03/2025 17:57
Changes: 08/28/2014 17:53 (57), 07/04/2017 08:09 (7), 02/03/2025 17:57 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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