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CVE-2018-6233

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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/1119591.aspx
MitigationVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-18-267
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry