CVE-2018-6223 describes a critical missing authentication vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate the appliance registration process, leading to a reset of configuration parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:email_encryption_gateway:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.