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CVE-2023-32522: A path traversal exists in a specific dll of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 which could allow an authenticated remote atta

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 88.6% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Moibile Security for Enterprise 9.8.3294.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Moibile Security for Enterprise 9.8.3294 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A path traversal exists in a specific dll of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 which could allow an authenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Path traversal

Published: Jun 26, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 3.3% · 88th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 1 / 30 · 3.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
trendmicro	mobile security	cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:mobile_security

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

trendmicro mobile security9.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (trendmicro). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Moibile Security for Enterprise
- 9.8 SP5 and later · before 9.8.3294affected · semver

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2019-19690Dec 18, 2019 · Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android (Consumer) versions 10.3.1 and below on Android 8.0+ has an issue in which an attacker could bypass
39Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2022-40980Sep 19, 2022 · A potential unathenticated file deletion vulnerabilty on Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise 9.8 SP5 could allow an attacker with acc
36Monitor
Later →CVE-2023-32523Jun 26, 2023 · Affected versions of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 contain some widgets that would allow a remote user to bypass authenti
36Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Moibile Security for Enterprise	9.8.3294	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2023-325230 days apartAffected versions of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 contain some widgets that would allow a remote user to bypass authenti
36Monitor
CVE-2023-325240 days apartAffected versions of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 contain some widgets that would allow a remote user to bypass authenti
36Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

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References

success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000293106?language=en_US

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