Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 up to 12.0.1191 User-Mode Hooking Crafted Packet code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 up to 12.0.1191. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component User-Mode Hooking. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Packet leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security's (Consumer) 2018 (versions 12.0.1191 and below) User-Mode Hooking (UMH) driver could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted packet that could alter a vulnerable system in such a way that malicious code could be injected into other processes.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2018. The weakness was released 07/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at esupport.trendmicro.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-3608 since 12/27/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/26/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

Vendor

Trend Micro

Name

Maximum Security 2018

Version

12.0.1191

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/27/2017 🔍
07/05/2018 +190 days 🔍
07/06/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/06/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/26/2020 +599 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: esupport.trendmicro.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-3608 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2018 09:18
Updated: 02/26/2020 13:32
Changes: 07/07/2018 09:18 (60), 02/26/2020 13:32 (1)
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