CVE-2001-1151 — Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (aka Virus Buster) 3.53 allows remote attackers to access sensitive information from the hotdownload directory without authentication, such as the ofcscan.ini configuration file, which contains a weakly encrypted password

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Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (aka Virus Buster) 3.53 allows remote attackers to access sensitive information from the hotdownload directory without authentication, such as the ofcscan.ini configuration file, which contains a weakly encrypted password

Published Mar 15, 2002

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.41%

Description

Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (aka Virus Buster) 3.53 allows remote attackers to access sensitive information from the hotdownload directory without authentication, such as the ofcscan.ini configuration file, which contains a weakly encrypted password.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.41% 0.02414

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02414

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.41% (0.02414)	83.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.41% (0.02414)	81.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.09% (0.01095)	76.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.41% (0.00414)	74.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.41% (0.00414)	73.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.41% (0.00414)	70.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/220666
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.trendmicro.co.jp/esolution/solutionDetail.asp?solutionID=318
x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7286
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/220666		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.trendmicro.co.jp/esolution/solutionDetail.asp?solutionID=318		x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7286		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1151

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1151

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1151