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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.7

CVE-2020-8607 json

An input validation vulnerability found in multiple Trend Micro products utilizing a particular version of a specific rootkit protection dr…

published 2020-08-05 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29455

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An input validation vulnerability found in multiple Trend Micro products utilizing a particular version of a specific rootkit protection driver could allow an attacker in user-mode with administrator permissions to abuse the driver to modify a kernel address that may cause a system crash or potentially lead to code execution in kernel mode. An attacker must already have obtained administrator access on the target machine (either legitimately or via a separate unrelated attack) to exploit this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • trendmicro antivirus_toolkit 1.62.1240

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro OfficeScan
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Deep Security
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Security (Consumer Family)
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Safe Lock
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro ServerProtect
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Portable Security
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro HouseCall
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK)
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Rootkit Buster

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.