CVE-2018-6222
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to...
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to change location of log files and be manipulated to execute arbitrary commands and attain command execution on a vulnerable system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to change location of log files and be manipulated to execute arbitrary commands and attain command execution on a vulnerable system.
- Record
CVE-2018-6222- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to change location of log files and be manipulated to execute arbitrary commands and attain command execution on a vulnerable system.
- Record
CVE-2018-6222- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17983 No score
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to change location of log files and be manipulated to execute arbitrary commands and attain command execution on a vulnerable system.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17983- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmrj-247h-f4v8
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to...
Arbitrary logs location in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an attacker to change location of log files and be manipulated to execute arbitrary commands and attain command execution on a vulnerable system.
- Record
GHSA-cmrj-247h-f4v8- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 (Build 1111.00) - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2018-02-22 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6222 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway, published March 15, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.