CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-6218

Untrusted Search Path

Published: Feb 16, 2018 | Modified: Sep 13, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A DLL Hijacking vulnerability in Trend Micros User-Mode Hooking Module (UMH) could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Weakness

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product’s direct control.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Deep_security Trendmicro 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
Deep_security Trendmicro 10.1 (including) 10.1 (including)
Endpoint_sensor Trendmicro 1.6 (including) 1.6 (including)
Officescan Trendmicro 11.0 (including) 11.0 (including)
Officescan Trendmicro 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Security Trendmicro 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Worry-free_business_security Trendmicro 9.5 (including) 9.5 (including)

Extended Description

This might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the product uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted product would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the product trusts. Some of the most common variants of untrusted search path are:

Potential Mitigations

References