CVE-2019-20357 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Attackers can escalate privileges and gain persistence on systems running Trend Micro Security via a malicious program exploiting unquoted service paths.
- 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-2019-20357?
CVE-2019-20357 is a high-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
A Persistent Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2020 (v160 and 2019 (v15) consumer familiy of products which could potentially allow an attacker the ability to create a malicious program to escalate privileges and attain persistence on a vulnerable system.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20357?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Trendmicro Antivirus \+ Security 2019, Trendmicro Antivirus \+ Security 2020, Trendmicro Internet Security 2019, Trendmicro Internet Security 2020, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2019, Trendmicro Maximum Security 2020 and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20357?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-20357 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20357 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q2hv-qv75-g6vg.