# CVE-2019-19697: Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

> Attackers with admin privileges can execute arbitrary code and disable protected services in Trend Micro Security, requiring a patch to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q97-f52c-7p26

## What is CVE-2019-19697?

CVE-2019-19697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 17 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19697?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Trendmicro Antivirus \+ Security 2019, Trendmicro Internet Security 2019, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2019, Trendmicro Premium Security 2019.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

- [CVE-2019-20357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20357/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-14685](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14685/): Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-14686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14686/): Other in Trend Micro Ransom Buster, Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-19694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19694/): Race condition in Trend Micro Security (Consumer) (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 17 Jan 2020. 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-2019-19697 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-2019-19697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.