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                     Secunia Research 02/10/2008

    - Trend Micro OfficeScan Directory Traversal Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software 

* Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 patch 4 build 1367

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Information disclosure
Where:  Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"Protect your desktops, laptops, and file servers with OfficeScan™,
comprehensive security against today’s complex, blended threats and
Web-based attacks."

Product Link:
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/officescan-client-server-edition/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Trend Micro 
OfficeScan, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain 
knowledge of sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in 
TmListen.exe when a client is configured to be an update agent. This
can be exploited to retrieve arbitrary files from the system via 
directory traversal attacks.

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5) Solution 

Apply patches available from the vendor.


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6) Time Table 

15/09/2008 - Vendor notified.
15/09/2008 - Vendor response.
02/10/2008 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
CVE-2008-2439 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-39/

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