If LDAP authentication is enabled, an LDAP authentication bypass vulnerability in Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection 2.0 SP2 could allow…

published 2020-08-27 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7592

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

If LDAP authentication is enabled, an LDAP authentication bypass vulnerability in Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection 2.0 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated attacker with prior knowledge of the targeted organization to bypass manager authentication. Enabling multi-factor authentication prevents this attack. Installations using manager native authentication or SAML authentication are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

links 1

success.trendmicro.com/solution/000252039 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Trend Micro Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

success.trendmicro.com /solution/000252039
patch, vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-20-1083/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-15605
NVD CVE-2020-15605

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