CVE-2020-8599 is a critical arbitrary file write vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Apex One (2019) and OfficeScan XG servers. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to write arbitrary data to any path on the affected system, potentially bypassing root login. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its inclusion in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion, despite a lack of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
xgCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan:xg:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
xgCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:officescan:xg:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.