Interscan WebmanagerApplication · Trend Micro

CVE-2001-0761

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v2.0 Published 2001-10-18
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Buffer overflow in HttpSave.dll in Trend Micro InterScan WebManager 1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value to a certain parameter.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Buffer overflow in HttpSave.dll in Trend Micro InterScan WebManager 1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an overly long value passed to a specific parameter.

MitigationUpgrade to a supported version of Trend Micro InterScan WebManager or migrate to a currently supported web security solution, as version 1.2 is long deprecated.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Interscan WebmanagerApplication
Affected:= 1.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Trend Micro InterScan WebManager installation
    Check for the presence of InterScan WebManager in the system: look for installation directories (commonly C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\InterScan WebManager or similar), or check Windows Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Trend Micro for InterScan entries.
    Affected if The product is not installed or cannot be found.
  2. Confirm installed version is 1.2
    Locate version information in the installation directory (version.ini, about box, or the main executable properties) or query the Windows Registry for the version value. Compare against the affected version range: must be exactly version 1.2.
    Affected if Installed version is 1.2.
  3. Identify vulnerable component HttpSave.dll
    Search for HttpSave.dll in the InterScan WebManager installation directory (typically in the web or cgi-bin subfolder). The presence of this DLL is required for the vulnerability to be exploitable.
    Affected if HttpSave.dll exists in the installation directory.
  4. Assess web management interface exposure
    Determine if the InterScan WebManager HTTP/HTTPS management interface is accessible on the network. Check listening ports (commonly 80/443 or 8080), firewall rules, and whether the web service is running.
    Affected if The web management interface is running and accessible (even locally), as the buffer overflow is triggered via HTTP requests to the vulnerable parameter.

The environment is affected only if Trend Micro InterScan WebManager version 1.2 is installed, HttpSave.dll is present, and the web management interface is active and reachable.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to a supported version of Trend Micro InterScan WebManager or migrate to a currently supported web security solution, as version 1.2 is long deprecated.

Fix this in Interscan Webmanager Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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