⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2020-8599

Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
57.9%
top 1.82%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
KEV addedNov 3
KEV dueMay 3
Latest updateMay 24
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r3h3-2xcv-m95h: 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 ar2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-8599: 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 ar2020-03-18
VulnCheck
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass Vulnerability2020

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass Vulnerability2021-11-03
CVE-2020-8599 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | Trend Micro Apex One (2019) and Off | cvebase.io