Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 Driver tmnciesc.sys memory corruption
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function in the library tmnciesc.sys of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6233. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Trend Micro Maximum Security 2018 (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part in the library tmnciesc.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 04/06/2018. The weakness was presented 05/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at esupport.trendmicro.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6233 since 01/25/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/08/2020).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 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.
See VDB-118232, VDB-118234, VDB-118235 and VDB-118236 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.trendmicro.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 830068
OpenVAS Name: Trend Micro Maximum Security Multiple Vulnerabilities May18 (Windows)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/25/2018 🔍04/06/2018 🔍
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02/08/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: trendmicro.comAdvisory: esupport.trendmicro.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-6233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118233
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Entry
Created: 05/25/2018 23:52Updated: 02/08/2020 21:27
Changes: 05/25/2018 23:52 (61), 02/08/2020 21:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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