CVE-2018-6236 Race condition in Trend Micro Maximum Security
A local attacker can escalate privileges via a race condition in the tmusa driver of Trend Micro Maximum Security.
- 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-2018-6236?
CVE-2018-6236 is a high-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
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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6236?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus\+, Trendmicro Internet Security, Trendmicro Maximum Security, Trendmicro Premium Security.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6236?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6236 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6236 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Maximum Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qmvc-m73g-v847.