What is CVE-2017-11389?

CVE-2017-11389 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Control Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-11389?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Trendmicro Control Manager

CVE-2017-11389

Directory traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Control Manager 6.0 allows remote code execution by attackers able to drop arbitrary files in a web-facing directory. Formerly ZDI-CAN-4684.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2017-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.272 (98.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.274 · newest: 0.272 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Trendmicro Control Manager — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100078 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039049 (vdb-entry)
success.trendmicro.com/solution/1117722 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-500 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11389?: CVE-2017-11389 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Control Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-11389?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.