#VU80104 Cross-site scripting in Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise - CVE-2023-41177

Vulnerability identifier: #VU80104

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41177

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise
Server applications / Server solutions for antivurus protection

Vendor: Trend Micro

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the ServerUpdate_UpdateSuccessful endpoint. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise: before 9.8

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External links
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000294695?language=en_US
https://files.trendmicro.com/documentation/tmms_98_sp5_cp6/tmms-ee_9.8_sp5_patch6_readme_server.txt
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-079/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.