CVE-2018-6232

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductTrendmicro Maximum Security
PublishedMay 25, 2018
First seenMay 25, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
trendmicro maximum_securityv ≤ 12.0—
trendmicro antivirus\+v ≤ 12.0—
trendmicro internet_securityv ≤ 12.0—
trendmicro premium_securityv ≤ 12.0—

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