CVE-2018-18329 json
A KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and ab…
published 2018-10-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10060
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A KERedirect Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) 7.0 (2017) and above could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. The issue results from the lack of proper validation function on 0x6F4E offset user-supplied buffer. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
-
esupport.trendmicro.com
/solution/ja-jp/1121350.aspx
vendor-advisory
-
esupport.trendmicro.com
/en-US/home/pages/technical-support/1121296.aspx
vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/105757
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
-
zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-18-1297/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-18329
- NVD CVE-2018-18329
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