VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2020-8599
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.9%
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
Trend Micro Apex One (2019) and OfficeScan XG server contain a vulnerable EXE file that could allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary data to an arbitrary path on affected installations and bypass ROOT login. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.86% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Affected
- trendmicro/apex one · trendmicro/officescan
- Source
- security@trendmicro.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8599
References
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8599US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.