trendmicro apex-one CVE-2020-8599 vulnerability in TrendMicro Products
Published on March 18, 2020

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.

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan XG Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-8599 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2020-8599

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Affected Versions

Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Apex One Version OfficeScan XG (12.0), Apex One 2019 (14.0) is affected by CVE-2020-8599

Exploit Probability

EPSS
57.86%
Percentile
98.15%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.