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CVE-2018-18333

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18333 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Security 2019 (Consumer) versions below 15.0.0.1163, impacting various Trend Micro security products on Windows. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk where an attacker could exploit it through user interaction to achieve privilege escalation, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.0.0.1163CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus_\+_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.0.0.1163CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.0.0.1163CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.0.0.1163CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:premium_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

esupport.trendmicro.com / en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1121932.aspx
ExploitVendor Advisory
gaissecurity.com / yazi/discovery-of-dll-hijack-on-trend-micro-antivirusplus-cve-2018-18333
ExploitThird Party Advisory
kaganisildak.com / 2019/01/17/discovery-of-dll-hijack-on-trend-micro-antivirus-cve-2018-18333
ExploitThird Party Advisory