# CVE-2018-10514: Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

> A local attacker can escalate privileges on Trend Micro Security 2018 installations by exploiting a missing impersonation check.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8q5r-g677-rp27

## What is CVE-2018-10514?

CVE-2018-10514 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 30 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Missing Impersonation Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 (Consumer) products could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit the vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10514?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Trendmicro Antivirus \+ Security, Trendmicro Internet Security, Trendmicro Maximum Security, Trendmicro Premium Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10514?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10514 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10514 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10514 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

- [CVE-2018-3608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3608/): Code injection in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-18333](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18333/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-10513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10513/): Deserialization in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-15363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15363/): Memory corruption in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10514 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10514 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 30 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10514 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Security (Consumer). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10514/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10514/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10514
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10514
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10514

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10514/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.