Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2019-14688
Trend Micro has repackaged installers for several Trend Micro products that were found to utilize a version of an install package that had a DLL hijack vulnerability that could be exploited during a new product installation. The vulnerability was found to ONLY be exploitable during an initial product installation by an authorized user. The attacker must convince the target to download malicious DLL locally which must be present when the installer is run.
EPSS: 0.019 (77.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Trend Micro Im Security (Ims), Control Manager (Tmcm), Officescan (Osce), Endpoint Sensor (Tmes), (Consumer), Scanmail For Microsoft Exchange (Smex), Serverprotect (Sp), Mobile Enterprise (Tmms Enterprise) — versions IMS 1.6.5, TMCM 7.0, OSCE XG, TMES 1.6, Trend Micro Security 2019, SMEX 14.0, SPNT 5.8/6.0, TMMS Enterprise 9.8
- Trendmicro Control_manager — versions 7.0
- Trendmicro Endpoint_sensor — versions 1.6
- Trendmicro Im_security — versions 1.6.5
- Trendmicro Mobile_security — versions 9.8
- Trendmicro Officescan — versions xg
- Trendmicro Scanmail — versions 14.0
- Trendmicro Security — versions 2019
- Trendmicro Serverprotect — versions 5.8, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@trendmicro.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14688?
- CVE-2019-14688 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2020-02-20.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14688?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.