CVE-2019-19695
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2019 (v9.0.1379 and below)...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-19695- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-19695- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9304 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9304- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2qjj-29x2-ffcq No score
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 2019 (v9.0.1379 and below)...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2qjj-29x2-ffcq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19695 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Trend Micro Antivirus For Mac, published December 24, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.16%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.