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Secunia Research 02/10/2008
- Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 patch 4 build 1367
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less critical
Impact: Information disclosure
Where: Local network
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Protect your desktops, laptops, and file servers with OfficeScan?,
comprehensive security against today?s complex, blended threats and
Web-based attacks."
Product Link:
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/officescan-client-server-edition/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Trend Micro
OfficeScan, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain
knowledge of sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in
TmListen.exe when a client is configured to be an update agent. This
can be exploited to retrieve arbitrary files from the system via
directory traversal attacks.
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5) Solution
Apply patches available from the vendor.
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6) Time Table
15/09/2008 - Vendor notified.
15/09/2008 - Vendor response.
02/10/2008 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-2439 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-39/
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