Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-32525

Medium

Published: 26 June 2023

Published
26 June 2023
Modified
05 December 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 52.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-32525 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Trendmicro Mobile Security. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 contains widget vulnerabilities that could allow a remote attacker to create arbitrary files on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system…

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in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is similar to, but not identical to CVE-2023-32526.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

trendmicro
mobile security
9.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-434

Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.

addresses: CWE-434

Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.

addresses: CWE-434

Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.

addresses: CWE-434

Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.

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