CVE-2019-19694 Race condition in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Attackers can disable malware protection or the entire product by manipulating a key file during system startup, requiring a patch to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-19694?
CVE-2019-19694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 20 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Trend Micro Security 2019 (15.0.0.1163 and below) consumer family of products is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack in which a malicious actor could manipulate a key file at a certain time during the system startup process to disable the product's malware protection functions or the entire product completely..
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19694?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus \+ Security 2019, Trendmicro Internet Security 2019, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2019, Trendmicro Officescan Cloud, Trendmicro Premium Security 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19694?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19694 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19694 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qc97-89j6-hccc.