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high 8.8

CVE-2020-8605 in the critical feed json

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affecte…

published 2020-05-27 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29453

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
87.8%
EPSS 87.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

87.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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
  • EDB-48667 Trend Micro Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 Patch 4 Build 1901 - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2020-07-14
  • 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 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.