VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6235

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An Out-of-Bounds write 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 0x222814 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-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references