CVE-2018-6233 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges due to a flaw in the tmnciesc.sys driver's processing of IOCTL 0x222060. This vulnerability affects various Trend Micro security products, including Maximum Security, Internet Security, and Antivirus+. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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
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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.