# CVE-2008-2433: The web management console in Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.0 through 8.0, Worry-Free Business Security 5.0, and Client/Server/Messaging Suite 3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-08-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The web management console in Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.0 through 8.0, Worry-Free Business Security 5.0, and Client/Server/Messaging Suite 3.5 and 3.6 creates a random session token based only on the login time, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions via brute-force attacks. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution through an unspecified "manipulation of the configuration."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44597
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4191
- http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/documentation/readme/OSCE_8.0_SP1_Win_EN_CriticalPatch_B2402_readme.txt
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-31/advisory/
- http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/documentation/readme/Readme_WFBS5%200_EN_CriticalPatch1404.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31373
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2421
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020732
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495670/100/0/threaded

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