CVE-2019-9488
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable...
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).
- Record
CVE-2019-9488- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).
- Record
CVE-2019-9488- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18862 No score
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).
- Record
EUVD-2019-18862- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jfp-988r-jm7r
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable...
Trend Micro Deep Security Manager (10.x, 11.x) and Vulnerability Protection (2.0) are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Attack. However, for the attack to be possible, the attacker must have root/admin access to a protected host which is authorized to communicate with the Deep Security Manager (DSM).
- Record
GHSA-8jfp-988r-jm7r- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9488 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Trend Micro Deep Security, published September 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.23%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.