CVE-2018-10513
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA Deserialization of Untrusted Data Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 (Consumer) products could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2018 consumer products that allows a local attacker who already has low-privileged code execution capability to escalate privileges to administrator or system level. The vulnerability stems from insecure handling of deserialized data within the security software's components.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 12.0<= 12.0<= 12.0<= 12.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Trend Micro Security productOpen Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features, or use PowerShell: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'Trend Micro'}Affected if No Trend Micro consumer security product is found (not affected)
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Determine the exact version numberRight-click the Trend Micro icon in system tray > About, or check Program Files\Trend Micro\ for the version info, or use: Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\\*' 2>$null | Select-Object *Affected if Version is 12.0 or lower, or version cannot be determined (likely affected)
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Verify the product is actively runningOpen Task Manager > Services tab, look for Trend Micro framework services (e.g., TmListen, NTRtScan, TmPfw) or check Services.msc for Trend Micro servicesAffected if Affected product version <=12.0 is installed and running (vulnerable)
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Confirm low-privileged code execution contextThis CVE requires an attacker to already have low-privileged code execution. Check for any suspicious user-owned processes or scheduled tasks created by non-admin usersAffected if A low-privileged user account has the ability to execute code AND the vulnerable Trend Micro version is running (exploitable condition exists)
A user is affected if any Trend Micro Security 2018 product (Antivirus+Security, Internet Security, Maximum Security, or Premium Security) version 12.0 or lower is installed and running on the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Trend Micro Security 2018 to the latest patched version via Trend Micro's official update channels, or migrate to a supported version if the 2018 version has reached end-of-life.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-10513 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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