Trend Micro Installer DLL uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro Installer. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-14688. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Trend Micro Installer (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Trend Micro has repackaged installers for several Trend Micro products that were found to utilize a version of an install package that had a DLL hijack vulnerability that could be exploited during a new product installation. The vulnerability was found to ONLY be exploitable during an initial product installation by an authorized user. The attacker must convince the target to download malicious DLL locally which must be present when the installer is run.

The weakness was released 02/20/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-14688 since 08/05/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/21/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/05/2019 🔍
02/20/2020 +199 days 🔍
02/21/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2025 +1906 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: success.trendmicro.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-14688 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14688
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-150381

Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2020 08:18
Updated: 05/11/2025 05:09
Changes: 02/21/2020 08:18 (34), 02/21/2020 08:23 (17), 04/02/2024 07:25 (17), 05/11/2025 05:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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