CVE-2019-9491 is a critical vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) versions 1.62.0.1218 and below, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) by placing malicious files in the same directory as the legitimate application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no privileges, but does necessitate user interaction. The potential impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a notable level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.62.0.1218CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:anti-threat_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.