CVE-2016-3987
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 21.31% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 January 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- trendmicro/password manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 21.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/information-on-reported-vulnerabilities-in-trend-micro-password-manager/Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135222/TrendMicro-Node.js-HTTP-Server-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034662Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=693Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39218/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/information-on-reported-vulnerabilities-in-trend-micro-password-manager/Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135222/TrendMicro-Node.js-HTTP-Server-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034662Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=693Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39218/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.