RCE in Trend Micro Housecall
CVE-2008-2434
The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Trend Micro Housecall — versions 6.6, 6.6.0.1278, 6.51.0.1028
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4802 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31337 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/50941 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2434?
- CVE-2008-2434 is a vulnerability in Trend Micro Housecall, classified under Code Injection. Published 2008-12-23.
- Is CVE-2008-2434 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.