{"id":"CVE-2018-6236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6236","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:49.943Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2018-05-25T15:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["trendmicro/antivirus\\+","trendmicro/internet security","trendmicro/maximum security","trendmicro/premium security"],"epss":{"score":0.00294,"percentile":0.21862,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-410/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6236","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}