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CVE-2023-32521

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-06-26
  • WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

A path traversal exists in a specific service dll of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-06-2622:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Trendmicro mobile security
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.8= 9.8no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As trendmicro, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Moibile Security for Enterprise
    Affected
    • ≥ 9.8 SP5, < 9.8.3294fixed in 9.8.3294semver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-06-26

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-06-26
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-x5xh-gggv-pm5m

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32521?

A path traversal exists in a specific service dll of Trend Micro Mobile Security (Enterprise) 9.8 SP5 which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files.

Is CVE-2023-32521 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-32521, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-32521?

CVE-2023-32521 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

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