CVE-2009-1435 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the Trend Micro OfficeScan client by using directories with long pathnames, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-1435?
CVE-2009-1435 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 27 Apr 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NTRtScan.exe in Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 8.0 SP1 and 8.0 SP1 Patch 1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via directories with long pathnames. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1435?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Officescan.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1435?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-1435 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1435 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Officescan
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mxv-g6h6-532m.