CVE-2014-9641 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a driver vulnerability in Trend Micro security products to write to arbitrary memory and gain elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-9641?
CVE-2014-9641 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The tmeext.sys driver before 2.0.0.1015 in Trend Micro Antivirus Plus, Internet Security, and Maximum Security allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x00222400 IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9641?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Tmeext.sys.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9641?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9641 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9641 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9641 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v834-f83h-rx97.