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CVE-2020-8467

Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 10.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A migration tool component of Trend Micro Apex One (2019) and OfficeScan XG contains a vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations (RCE). An attempted attack requires user authentication.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.90% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
Affected
trendmicro/apex one · trendmicro/officescan
Source
security@trendmicro.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%30 October 2026: 10.90%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 10.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8467

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.