The Trend Micro Security 2019 (15.0.0.1163 and below) consumer family of products is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack in which a malicious actor could manipulate a key file at a certain time during the system startup process to disable the product's malware protection functions or the entire product completely..
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.7, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 6 products from trendmicro, from trendmicro, from trendmicro and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2020-02-20T23:15:20.270
2024-11-21T04:35:12.440
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 4.7 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
3.4
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | trendmicro | antivirus_\+_security_2019 | ≤ 15.0.0.1163 | Yes |
| Application | trendmicro | internet_security_2019 | ≤ 15.0.0.1163 | Yes |
| Application | trendmicro | maximum_security_2019 | ≤ 15.0.0.1163 | Yes |
| Application | trendmicro | officescan_cloud | 15 | Yes |
| Application | trendmicro | premium_security_2019 | ≤ 15.0.0.1163 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | - | No |
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