7.0
HIGH
CVE-2018-6236
Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use 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 0x222813 by the tmusa 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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6236 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\+
1 Microsoft windows
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-2018-6236.

URL Resource
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6236 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6236 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx
    Added Reference https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/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-18-410/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-362
    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-2018-6236 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-2018-6236 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12654

percentile

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