A buffer overflow 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 0x22205C by the tmnciesc.sys driver
Published May 25, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.50%
Description
A buffer overflow 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 0x22205C 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.
Affected products
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- Version 2018StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Trend Micro Maximum Security | n/a |
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- ≤ 12.0
- ≤ 12.0
- ≤ 12.0
- ≤ 12.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00504) | 40.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00504) | 38.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 17.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 21.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 19.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 17.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.67% (0.03673) | 72.18th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.67% (0.03673) | 71.93th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 3.67% (0.03673) | 82.76th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.67% (0.03673) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-266/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1119591.aspx | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-266/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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