CVE•Published 2019-12-18•Modified 2026-10-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2019-15598Tree-kill_project · Tree-kill
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
86
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 14% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A Code Injection exists in treekill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command.
Timeline
Published 2019-12-18
Modified 2026-10-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2019-15598Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Tree-kill Project Tree-kill"All exposed Tree-kill Project Tree-kill instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tree-kill"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tree-kill" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2019-15598Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2019-15598Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2019-15598Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2019-15598GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2019-15598" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.