CVE-2019-20357: trend micro trend micro security (consumer) Unquoted Search Path or Element

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-20357 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in trend micro trend micro security (consumer). EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 17-01-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or ElementThe product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.