# CVE-2019-19693: Path traversal in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

> A local attacker with low privileges can exploit a path traversal flaw to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hx5f-467g-qq78

## What is CVE-2019-19693?

CVE-2019-19693 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 20 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Trend Micro Security 2020 consumer family of products contains a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information or to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19693?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Trendmicro Antivirus\+ Security 2020, Trendmicro Internet Security 2020, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2020, Trendmicro Premium Security 2020.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19693?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19693 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

- [CVE-2019-18190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18190/): Null dereference in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27695/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-27696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27696/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-27697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27697/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-25251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25251/): Code injection in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19693 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19693 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 20 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Security (Consumer). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19693/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19693
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19693
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19693

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