CVE-2018-6236
HIGHTrend Micro Antivirus+ < 12.0 - Privilege Escalation via tmusa Driver IOCTL
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (4)
trendmicro/antivirus\+
< 12.0
trendmicro/internet_security
< 12.0
trendmicro/maximum_security
< 12.0
trendmicro/premium_security
< 12.0
Published
May 25, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026