CVE-2018-6233

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Primary references

• security@trendmicro.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• security@trendmicro.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry