Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 Console cgiremoteinstall.exe memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pccsrv\web_console\remoteinstallcgi\cgiremoteinstall.exe of the component Console. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-6179. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pccsrv\web_console\remoteinstallcgi\cgiremoteinstall.exe of the component Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in PCCSRV\Web_console\RemoteInstallCGI\CgiRemoteInstall.exe for Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 before build 7.3.0.1089 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/29/2006. The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at solutionfile.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6179 since 11/30/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22048 (Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115475 (Trend Micro OfficeScan Wizard and CgiRemoteInstall Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 7.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30752), Tenable (22048), SecurityFocus (BID 21442†), OSVDB (32029†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-13215†). The entries VDB-2581, VDB-2583, VDB-32666 and VDB-33516 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 22048
Nessus Name: Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: OfficeScan 7.3

Timelineinfo

06/23/2006 🔍
06/29/2006 +6 days 🔍
07/14/2006 +15 days 🔍
11/30/2006 +139 days 🔍
11/30/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/04/2006 +4 days 🔍
12/04/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3020 days 🔍
06/15/2025 +3748 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: solutionfile.trendmicro.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-6179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33517
X-Force: 30752
SecurityFocus: 21442 - Trend Micro OfficeScan Wizard and CgiRemoteInstall Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 32029 - Trend Micro OfficeScan CgiRemoteInstall.exe component buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 13215 - Trend Micro OfficeScan PCCSRV\\Web_console\\RemoteInstallCGI\\CgiRemoteInstall.exe Buffer Overflow, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4852

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 06/15/2025 14:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (70), 07/11/2019 14:08 (5), 06/15/2025 14:55 (20)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:184:103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!