CVE-2016-5840

Public Exploit

Description

hotfix_upload.cgi in Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector (DDI) 3.7, 3.8 SP1 (3.81), and 3.8 SP2 (3.82) allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.11% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory trendmicro.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-373
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000103.html third party advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55428526/index.html third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40180/ third party advisory exploit
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1114281.aspx vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5840?
CVE-2016-5840 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5840?
To fix CVE-2016-5840, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5840 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5840 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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