{"id":"CVE-2019-14685","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-14685","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:23:34.869Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2019-08-21T20:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:18:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-428"],"affected":["trendmicro/antivirus \\+ security 2019","trendmicro/internet security 2019","trendmicro/maximum security 2019","trendmicro/premium security 2019"],"epss":{"score":0.00594,"percentile":0.4819,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154200/Trend-Maximum-Security-2019-Unquoted-Search-Path.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/26","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1123420.aspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://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","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154200/Trend-Maximum-Security-2019-Unquoted-Search-Path.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/26","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://esupport.trendmicro.com/en-us/home/pages/technical-support/1123420.aspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://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","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14685","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}