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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14094

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) versions 3.2 and below could allow an attacker to perform remote command execution via a cron job injection on a vulnerable system.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 19.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) versions 3.2 and below could allow an attacker to perform remote command execution via a cron job injection on a vulnerable system.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
19.37% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 December 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78, CWE-74
Affected
trendmicro/smart protection server
Source
security@trendmicro.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%21 September 2026: 14.47%22 September 2026: 19.37%27 October 2026: 19.37%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 14.5% on 21 September 2026 to 19.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-43388source ↗Trend Micro Smart Protection Server - Session Hijacking / Log File Disclosure / Remote Command Execution / Cron Job Injection / Local File Inclusion / Stored Cross-Site Scripting / Improper Access Controlmultiple · CoreLabsremote19 December 2017no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.