CVE-2018-6232 is a buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 and related products, stemming from a flaw in the tmnciesc.sys driver's handling of IOCTL 0x22205C. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low-privileged code execution can achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a prominent threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:premium_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.