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CVE-2020-27017

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-27017 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1, allowing an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium) due to its high privileges requirement (PR:H) and high confidentiality impact (C:H), but low attack complexity (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:interscan_messaging_security_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0639 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sec-consult.com / en/blog/advisories/vulnerabilities-in-trend-micro-interscan-messaging-security-virtual-appliance-imsva
ExploitThird Party Advisory
success.trendmicro.com / solution/000279833
ExploitVendor Advisory