CVE-2018-3608: trend micro trend micro maximum security (consumer) Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-3608 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Code Injection vulnerability in trend micro trend micro maximum security (consumer). EPSS estimates a 3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-07-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security's (Consumer) 2018 (versions 12.0.1191 and below) User-Mode Hooking (UMH) driver could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted packet that could alter a vulnerable system in such a way that malicious code could be injected into other processes.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.