THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-9269
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-9269

Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance vulnerability

CVSS
9.9
EPSS
13.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Remote Command Execution in com.trend.iwss.gui.servlet.ManagePatches in Trend Micro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance (IWSVA) version 6.5-SP2_Build_Linux_1707 and earlier allows authenticated, remote users with least privileges to run arbitrary commands on the system as root via Patch Update functionality. This was resolved in Version 6.5 CP 1737.
Affected vendor
Trendmicro
Affected product
Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2017-02-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-9269

  • Confirm whether Trendmicro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-9269.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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