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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-6229 in the critical feed json

A SQL injection vulnerability in an Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 edit policy script could allow an attacker to execute SQL comm…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17990

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.2%
EPSS 10.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability in an Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 edit policy script could allow an attacker to execute SQL commands to upload and execute arbitrary code that may harm the target system.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44166)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44166 Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 (Build 1111.00) - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2018-02-22
  • coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/trend-micro-email-encryption-gateway-multiple-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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