CVE-2018-6234 Information disclosure in Trend Micro Maximum Security
A local attacker with low privileges can disclose sensitive information via an out-of-bounds read in the Trend Micro Maximum Security driver.
- 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-2018-6234?
CVE-2018-6234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security, published on 25 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222814 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6234?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus\+, Trendmicro Internet Security, Trendmicro Maximum Security, Trendmicro Premium Security.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6234?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6234 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6234 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6234 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Maximum Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p596-x7gf-xq3c.