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CVE-2018-6235

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6235 is an Out-of-Bounds write privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 and related products. A local attacker with low-privileged code execution can exploit a flaw in the tmnciesc.sys driver's processing of IOCTL 0x222814 to escalate privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 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-18-269
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry