CVE-2019-19695 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2019 (v9.0.1379 and below) could potentially allow an attacker to create a symbolic link to a target file and modify it.

Published: 2019-12-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2019 (v9.0.1379 and below)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9304	A privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2019 (v9.0.1379 and below) could potentially allow an attacker to create a symbolic link to a target file and modify it.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1124055.aspx

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Trendmicro Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published: 2019-12-24T08:25:11.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:25:12.189Z

Reserved: 2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19695

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-24T14:15:11.733

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:27:06.410

Link: CVE-2019-19695

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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