CVE-2018-6223

Trend Micro Encryption for Email Gateway Registration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A missing authentication for appliance registration vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to manipulate the registration process of the product to reset configuration parameters.

Una vulnerabilidad de falta de autenticación para el registro de dispositivos en Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 podría permitir que un atacante manipule el proceso de registro del producto para reiniciar los parámetros de configuración.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to reset the Administrator password on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Encryption for Email Gateway. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of the product registration process. The issue results from the lack of validating the product registration status prior to performing product registration. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to reset the Administrator password.

Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway suffers from cleartext transmission of sensitive information, missing authentication, cross site request forgery, cross site scripting, and various other vulnerabilities.

*Credits: Steven Seeley of Source Incite

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-25 CVE Reserved
2018-02-21 CVE Published
2024-06-18 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44166	2024-08-05
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/trend-micro-email-encryption-gateway-multiple-vulnerabilities	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1119349	2020-08-24

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro"		Email Encryption Gateway Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Email Encryption Gateway"				5.5 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Email Encryption Gateway" and version "5.5"		-		Affected