# CVE-2018-10507: Security feature bypass in Trend Micro OfficeScan

> An attacker with administrator privileges can bypass OfficeScan's Unauthorized Change Prevention feature, disabling critical security protections.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9mjm-gvpm-vf93

## What is CVE-2018-10507?

CVE-2018-10507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 12 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0 SP1 and XG could allow a attacker to take a series of steps to bypass or render the OfficeScan Unauthorized Change Prevention inoperable on vulnerable installations. An attacker must already have administrator privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10507?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Officescan.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10507?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10507 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-10507 exists.

Public exploit code:

- TrendMicro OfficeScan XG 11.0 - Change Prevention Bypass (exploitdb)

## 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-2018-10507 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 12 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-10507 exists.

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-2018-10507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10507

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10507/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.