CVE-2018-6232 json
A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to escala…
published 2018-05-25 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17993
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x22205C by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploit prediction
0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Trend Micro Trend Micro Maximum Security
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
References
-
esupport.trendmicro.com
/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx
mitigation, vendor-advisory
-
zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-18-266/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-6232
- NVD CVE-2018-6232
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