CVE-2019-9491
Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) versions 1.62.0.1218 and below have a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to place malicious…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 12.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit 1.62.0.1218 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47527local, windowspublished 21 Oct 2019Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By trendmicro
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.9% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Trend Micro · Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK)
- affected Version 1.62.0.1218 and below
References
7
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000149878 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/TREND-MICRO-ANTI-THREAT-TOOLKIT-%28ATTK%29-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20191021 Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit <= v1.62.0.1218 / Remote Code Execution 0day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20191022 Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) <= v1.62.0.1218 Remote Code Execution 0day CVE-2019-9491 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20200130 [CVE-2019-20358] CVE-2019-9491 in Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) was NOT properly FIXED (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156160/TrendMicro-Anti-Threat-Toolkit-Improper-Fix.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20200131 [CVE-2019-20358] CVE-2019-9491 in Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) was NOT properly FIXED (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-18865 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-9491)Record last updated .