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CVE-2019-20357 json

A Persistent Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability exists in the Trend Micro Security 2020 (v160 and 2019 (v15) consumer familiy of produc…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-10910

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hyp3rlinx.altervista.org http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/TREND-MICRO-SECURITY-CONSUMER-PERSISTENT-ARBITRARY-CODE-EXECUTION.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/28 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

Sources

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