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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-19697 · published 18 January 2020

CVE-2019-19697: Trendmicro antivirus \+ security 2019 vulnerability

Trendmicro · Antivirus \+ Security 2019

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges and tamper with protected services by disabling or otherwise preventing them to start. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the target machine in order to exploit the vulnerability.

6.7 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.82% · top 44.4%
6.7CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.2
0.82%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges and tamper with protected services by disabling or otherwise preventing them to start. An attacker must already have administrator privileges on the target machine in order to exploit the vulnerability.

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

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/TREND-MICRO-SECURITY-CONSUMER-SECURITY-BYPASS-PROTECTED-SERVICE-TAMPERING.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1124090.aspx Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/29 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/TREND-MICRO-SECURITY-CONSUMER-SECURITY-BYPASS-PROTECTED-SERVICE-TAMPERING.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1124090.aspx Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/29 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-19697), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.