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CVE-2018-6236

Published: May 25, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-362
NVD MITRE
7.0CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only

Description

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use 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 0x222813 by the tmusa driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

Trend Micro Maximum SecurityTrend MicroSecurity Products
antivirus\+trendmicroSecurity Products
internet securitytrendmicroSecurity Products
maximum securitytrendmicroSecurity Products
premium securitytrendmicroSecurity Products
trend microcommercialJPSecurity Productsaka trendmicro
trendmicrocommercialJPSecurity Productsaka trend micro, tmi

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx
esupport.trendmicro.com
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/
zerodayinitiative.com

Timeline

Published
May 25, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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