CVE-2009-1435 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published Updated

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.

All Trendmicro Officescan vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2mxv-g6h6-532m.

Is CVE-2009-1435 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free