7.5

CVE-2019-19695: trend micro trend micro antivirus for mac Link Following

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 24-12-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-19695 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Link Following vulnerability in trend micro trend micro antivirus for mac. EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Trend micro1 product
Trendmicro1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links