CVE-2014-9641 — 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

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HIGH

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

Published Feb 6, 2015

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.96%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.96% 0.00958

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00958

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.96% (0.00958)	60.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.96% (0.00958)	56.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.68% (0.00675)	69.76th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	27.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 31, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	25.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00061)	23.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.83% (0.01832)	77.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.83% (0.01832)	77.10th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.83% (0.01832)	75.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.83% (0.01832)	54.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1106233.aspx
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35962
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.osvdb.org/115514
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1106233.aspx		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35962		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.osvdb.org/115514		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 6, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 22, 2015

Link CVE-2014-9641

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9641

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9641