CVE-2016-7552

critical

Published 2017-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

On the Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance 2.6.1062r1, directory traversal when processing a session_id cookie allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files as root. This can be used to bypass authentication or cause a DoS.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/trendmicro_threat_discovery_admin_sys_time_cmdi rank 600

Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance admin_sys_time.cgi Remote Command Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
trendmicro	threat_discovery_appliance	`2.6.1062`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.