CVE-2018-18331 Misconfiguration in Trend Micro OfficeScan

What is CVE-2018-18331?

CVE-2018-18331 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 21 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Trend Micro OfficeScan XG weak file permissions vulnerability on a particular folder for a particular group may allow an attacker to alter the files, which could lead to other exploits on vulnerable installations.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18331?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Trendmicro Officescan.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-18331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Officescan

• CVE-2019-18187 Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-14089 Memory corruption in Trend Micro OfficeScan Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11393 Command injection in Trend Micro OfficeScan Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11394 Command injection in Trend Micro OfficeScan Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-10508 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro OfficeScan High 8.8

All Trendmicro Officescan vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j72p-h7vm-j85w.