CVE-2020-8468

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 18, 2020 at 12:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorApex OneOfficescanWorry-Free Business Security

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score6.2%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 6.2% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 93% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, and Worry-Free Business Security agents contain a content validation escape vulnerability that could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediation Due
May 3, 2022
1640 days overdue

Description

Trend Micro Apex One (2019), OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security (9.0, 9.5, 10.0) agents are affected by a content validation escape vulnerability which could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent client components. An attempted attack requires user authentication.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8468

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-74

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