CVE-2018-6236
Trend Micro Maximum Security tmusa Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Una vulnerabilidad de escalado de privilegios por TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) en Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 podría permitir que un atacante local escale privilegios en instalaciones vulnerables debido a un error en el procesamiento de llamadas IOCTL 0x222813 por parte del controlador tmusa. En primer lugar, un atacante debe obtener la capacidad de ejecutar código de bajos privilegios en el sistema objetivo para explotar esta vulnerabilidad.
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Maximum Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the processing of IOCTL 0x222813 by the tmusa driver. The code is subject to a time-of-check/time-of-use race condition when processing data from the user. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to kernel.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-01-25 CVE Reserved
- 2018-05-04 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx | 2018-06-28 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro" | Antivirus\+ Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Antivirus\+" | <= 12.0 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Antivirus\+" and version " <= 12.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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| Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro" | Internet Security Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Internet Security" | <= 12.0 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Internet Security" and version " <= 12.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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| Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro" | Maximum Security Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Maximum Security" | <= 12.0 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Maximum Security" and version " <= 12.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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| Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro" | Premium Security Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Premium Security" | <= 12.0 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Premium Security" and version " <= 12.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | - | - |
Safe
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