CVE-2020-8599 (GCVE-0-2020-8599)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-18 00:30
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Arbitrary File Upload Directory Traversal
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Trend Micro Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Apex One Version: OfficeScan XG (12.0), Apex One 2019 (14.0)
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8599

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