7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-6233
Trend Micro Maximum Security Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation
Description

A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222060 by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

May 25, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6233 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trendmicro internet_security
2 Trendmicro maximum_security
3 Trendmicro premium_security
4 Trendmicro antivirus\+
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-6233.

URL Resource
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-267/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6233 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6233 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-119 CWE-264 CWE-119 CWE-120
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx No Types Assigned https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-267/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-267/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:premium_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6233 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6233 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.17207

percentile

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