# CVE-2019-19695: Path traversal in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac

> An attacker can exploit symbolic link handling to modify target files, leading to privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2qjj-29x2-ffcq

## What is CVE-2019-19695?

CVE-2019-19695 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac, published on 24 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19695?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19695?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac

- [CVE-2022-24671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24671/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-43771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43771/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for MAC 2021 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-28648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28648/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-25776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25776/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-27014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27014/): Race condition in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (Consumer) (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19695 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19695 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac, published on 24 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac. 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-2019-19695/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19695/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19695
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19695
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19695

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19695/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.