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CVE-2019-19695

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-12-24
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 9.0.1379 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
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.

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 · moderate confidence

This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2019 (versions 9.0.1379 and below). The flaw allows an attacker to create a symbolic link to a target file and modify it, potentially elevating privileges on the affected system.

MitigationUpgrade Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac to a version higher than 9.0.1379, as the vulnerability is present in the older versions of the software.

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
AntivirusApplication
Affected:<= 9.0.1379

CVSS 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
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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 checks

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  1. Verify Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac is installed
    Check the /Applications folder for 'Trend Micro Antivirus.app' or use the command: ls /Applications | grep -i 'trend micro'
    Affected if The application is present in the system
  2. Determine the installed version of Trend Micro Antivirus
    Use the following command to query the bundle version: defaults read /Applications/Trend\ Micro\ Antivirus.app/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString, or right-click the app > Get Info to view the Version field
    Affected if The reported version number is 9.0.1379 or lower
  3. Confirm the specific build version if available
    Run: defaults read /Applications/Trend\ Micro\ Antivirus.app/Contents/Info CFBundleVersion or check via Get Info > Version
    Affected if The build version corresponds to a release at or before version 9.0.1379

If Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac is installed with version 9.0.1379 or any lower version number, the system is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via symbolic link manipulation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 9.0.1379
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac to a version higher than 9.0.1379, as the vulnerability is present in the older versions of the software.

Fix this in Antivirus Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
7.0 hours of engineering $1,240
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