What is CVE-2017-6798?

CVE-2017-6798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Endpoint Sensor, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-6798?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Trendmicro Endpoint Sensor

CVE-2017-6798

Trend Micro Endpoint Sensor 1.6 before b1290 has a DLL hijacking vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka Trend Micro Vulnerability Identifier 2015-0208.

Published 2017-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Trendmicro Endpoint Sensor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96857 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
success.trendmicro.com/solution/1116827 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6798?: CVE-2017-6798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Endpoint Sensor, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-6798?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.