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CVE-2016-5840

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

hotfix_upload.cgi in Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector (DDI) 3.7, 3.8 SP1 (3.81), and 3.8 SP2 (3.82) allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector: 3.7, 3.81, 3.82

References

• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1114281.aspx
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55428526/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000103.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-373
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40180/
• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1114281.aspx
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55428526/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000103.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-373
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40180/

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