A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan XG (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Development Tool Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability (Credentials). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan XG could allow an attacker to expose a masked credential key by manipulating page elements using development tools. Note that the attacker must already have admin/root privileges on the product console to exploit this vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/20/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-19691 since 12/09/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/21/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Trend Micro

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• Apex One
• OfficeScan XG

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• commercial

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