CVE-2003-1342

Trend Micro Virus Control System 1.8 - Denial of Service via ActiveSupport.exe URL Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-1342. PoCs published by Rod Boron.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in Trend Micro TVCS. The vulnerability is triggered by repeatedly requesting 'activesupport.exe', causing the web server to become unresponsive.

Description

Trend Micro Virus Control System (TVCS) 1.8 running with IIS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) in IIS via multiple URL requests for ActiveSupport.exe.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Rod Boron · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22172

This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in Trend Micro TVCS. The vulnerability is triggered by repeatedly requesting 'activesupport.exe', causing the web server to become unresponsive.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Trend Micro TVCS
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/7881
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11060
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6617
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/6185
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vulnwatch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0020.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vulnwatch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0021.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0338
EPSS Percentile 87.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
trend_micro/virus_control_system 1.8
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026