{"id":"CVE-2020-27697","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-27697","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:24:02.091Z","title":"Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected location with high privileges (symlink attack) which can lead to obtaining administrative…","description":"Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected location with high privileges (symlink attack) which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.","published":"2020-11-18T19:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:09:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["trendmicro/antivirus\\+ security 2020","trendmicro/internet security 2020","trendmicro/maximum security 2020","trendmicro/premium security 2020"],"epss":{"score":0.00572,"percentile":0.47023,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10036","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-10036","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27697","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}