Trend Micro Virus Control System Log Collector getservers.exe action Password cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trend Micro Virus Control System. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file getservers.exe of the component Log Collector. Performing a manipulation of the argument action with the input selects1 results in cryptographic issue (Password). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-1344. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Trend Micro Virus Control System (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the file getservers.exe of the component Log Collector. The manipulation of the argument action with the input value selects1 leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Trend Micro Virus Control System (TVCS) Log Collector allows remote attackers to obtain usernames, encrypted passwords, and other sensitive information via a URL request for getservers.exe with the action parameter set to "selects1", which returns log files.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2003 by Rod Boron (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1344 since 10/14/2007. 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 and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11062 (Trend Micro Virus Control System Information Disclosure Vulnerability).

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 (11063), Exploit-DB (22173), SecurityFocus (BID 6618†) and Secunia (SA7881†). The entries VDB-21264, VDB-21265 and VDB-21266 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Cryptographic issue / Password
CWE: CWE-310
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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

01/15/2003 🔍
01/16/2003 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +349 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2007 +1383 days 🔍
08/28/2014 +2510 days 🔍
07/14/2025 +3972 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

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

CVE: CVE-2003-1344 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1344
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21267
X-Force: 11063
SecurityFocus: 6618 - Trend Micro Virus Control System Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 7881 - TrendMicro security bypass, Moderately Critical

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

Created: 08/28/2014 17:54
Updated: 07/14/2025 01:10
Changes: 08/28/2014 17:54 (54), 07/04/2017 08:10 (7), 04/22/2025 23:18 (27), 07/14/2025 01:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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