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high 8.1

CVE-2018-3609 in the critical feed json

A vulnerability in the Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance 9.0 and 9.1 management portal could allow an unauthentica…

published 2018-02-16 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-15463

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
21.4%
EPSS 21.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance 9.0 and 9.1 management portal could allow an unauthenticated user to access sensitive information in a particular log file that could be used to bypass authentication on vulnerable installations.

Exploit prediction

21.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • korelogic.com https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2018-006.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.