CVE-2017-6398

HIGH

Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance 9.1-1600 - OS Command Injection via saveCert.imss

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-6398. PoCs published by Mehmet Ince <[email protected]>, including Metasploit module exploits/linux/http/trend_micro_imsva_exec.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro IMSVA by leveraging improper input sanitization in the saveCert.imss endpoint, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Description

An issue was discovered in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security (Virtual Appliance) 9.1-1600. An authenticated user can execute a terminal command in the context of the web server user (which is root). Besides, the default installation of IMSVA comes with default administrator credentials. The saveCert.imss endpoint takes several user inputs and performs blacklisting. After that, it uses them as arguments to a predefined operating-system command without proper sanitization. However, because of an improper blacklisting rule, it's possible to inject arbitrary commands into it.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by Mehmet Ince <[email protected]> · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/trend_micro_imsva_exec.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro IMSVA by leveraging improper input sanitization in the saveCert.imss endpoint, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security (Virtual Appliance) prior to 9.1-1600
Auth required
Prerequisites: Network access to the target · Valid credentials (default admin:imsva)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96859

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.5500
EPSS Percentile 98.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
trendmicro/interscan_messaging_security_virtual_appliance 9.1-1600
Published Mar 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026