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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-8606 in the critical feed json

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29454

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.3%
EPSS 73.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/trendmicro_websecurity_exec)

Exploit prediction

73.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/trendmicro_websecurity_exec Trend Micro Web Security (Virtual Appliance) Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-06-10
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158171/Trend-Micro-Web-Security-Virtual-Appliance-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158423/Trend-Micro-Web-Security-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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