# CVE-2017-5481: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can gain privileges by exploiting an encrypted password leak during web-console operations in Trend Micro OfficeScan.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q22-m5m2-9cph

## What is CVE-2017-5481?

CVE-2017-5481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 3 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 before SP1 CP 6325 and XG before CP 1352 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging a leak of an encrypted password during a web-console operation.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5481?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Officescan.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Officescan

- [CVE-2019-18187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18187/): Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14089/): Memory corruption in Trend Micro OfficeScan (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11393/): Command injection in Trend Micro OfficeScan (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11394/): Command injection in Trend Micro OfficeScan (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10508/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro OfficeScan (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5481 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 3 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trendmicro Officescan. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5481/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5481
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5481
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5481

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