CVE-2020-8599 (GCVE-0-2020-8599)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-18 00:30 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 19:42 UTC
CWE
- Arbitrary File Upload Directory Traversal
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000245571 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000244253 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Apex One |
Affected:
OfficeScan XG (12.0), Apex One 2019 (14.0)
|
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: e205fdcd-b960-4d5e-9c3e-2737e0c46919
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass Vulnerability | Affected: Trend Micro / Apex One and OfficeScan | 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. | Due date: 2022-05-03 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8599
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Apex One and OfficeScan |
| Due Date | 2022-05-03 |
| Date Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Vendorproject | Trend Micro |
| Vulnerabilityname | Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan Authentication Bypass Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: a5878f31-aca0-477f-943b-fbf7064ff58f
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: 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... | Affected: Trend Micro / Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Apex One | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.11858 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Cve Id | CVE-2020-8599 |
| Vendor | Trend Micro |
| Ghsa Id | None |
| Product | Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro Apex One |
| Added Date | 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 9.8 |
| Epss Score | 0.11858 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.95976 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2020-8599 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
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Created: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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