CVE-2016-5840 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Deep Discovery Inspector versions 3.7, 3.8 SP1, and 3.8 SP2. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows authenticated remote administrators to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters into the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header during a hotfix upload. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and despite its severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:deep_discovery_inspector:3.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.