MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-6230

Email Encryption Gateway vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A SQL injection vulnerability in an Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 search configuration script could allow an attacker to execute SQL commands to upload and execute arbitrary code that may harm the target system.
Affected vendor
Trendmicro
Affected product
Email Encryption Gateway
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-03-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-6230

  • Confirm whether Trendmicro Email Encryption Gateway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-6230.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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