HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-9491

Anti Threat Toolkit vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
12.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) versions 1.62.0.1218 and below have a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to place malicious files in the same directory, potentially leading to arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) when executed.
Affected vendor
Trendmicro
Affected product
Anti Threat Toolkit
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2019-10-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-9491

  • Confirm whether Trendmicro Anti Threat Toolkit is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-9491.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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