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TI-2017-04205 Aliases CVE-2017-6398GHSA-w5hc-4jjm-xx8x

An issue was discovered in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security (Virtual Appliance)…

Priority HIGH 70CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security (Virtual Appliance) 9.1-1600. An authenticated user can execute a terminal command in the context of the web server user (which is root). Besides, the default installation of IMSVA comes with default administrator credentials. The saveCert.imss endpoint takes several user inputs and performs blacklisting. After that, it uses them as arguments to a predefined operating-system command without proper sanitization. However, because of an improper blacklisting rule, it's possible to inject arbitrary commands into it.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.54068 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:interscan_messaging_security_virtual_appliance:9.1-1600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.1-1600VulnerableTrendmicro
  • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:interscan_messaging_security_virtual_appliance:9.1-1600:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.1-1600 Vulnerable ·Trendmicro

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6398
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5hc-4jjm-xx8x
  3. 2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above
  4. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above

References

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  • TI-2017-08418 Command injection in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-08419 Command injection in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-02645 Insufficiently protected credentials in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-16796 Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 has updated a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-16440 Missing authentication in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2020-16437 Cross-site request forgery in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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