Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-8599
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2020, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan server contain a vulnerable EXE file that could allow a remote attacker to write data to a path on affected installations and bypass root login.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-8599 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-8599 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trendmicro apex_one
2 Trendmicro officescan
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-8599.

URL Resource
https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-8599 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-8599 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-434 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253 No Types Assigned https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571 No Types Assigned https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-434
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan:xg:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan:xg:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8599 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-8599 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

17.46 }} -0.62%

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0.96065

percentile

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