CVE-2016-9315

high

Published 2017-02-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in com.trend.iwss.gui.servlet.updateaccountadministration in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (IWSVA) version 6.5-SP2_Build_Linux_1707 and earlier allows authenticated, remote users with least privileges to change Master Admin's password and/or add new admin accounts. This was resolved in Version 6.5 CP 1737.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41361 webapps hardware verified

SlidingWindow · 2016-11-28

Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (IWSVA) 6.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
trendmicro	interscan_web_security_virtual_appliance	`{"endIncluding":"6.5"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

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