CVE-2019-14685
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which,...
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.
- Record
CVE-2019-14685- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.
- Record
CVE-2019-14685- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5836 No score
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.
- Record
EUVD-2019-5836- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vvp7-94rj-24rc No score
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which,...
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15.0) in which, if exploited, would allow an attacker to manipulate a specific product feature to load a malicious service.
- Record
GHSA-vvp7-94rj-24rc- 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-2019-14685 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Trend Micro Security (consumer), published August 21, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
medium.com/sidechannel-br/vulnerabilidade-no-trend-micro-maximum-security-2019-permite-a-escala%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-privil%C3%A9gios-no-windows-471403d53b68
esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1123420.aspx
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/26
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154200/Trend-Maximum-Security-2019-Unquoted-Search-Path.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14685
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvp7-94rj-24rc