CVE-2020-27017
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML...
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability which could allow an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability which could allow an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2020-27017- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability which could allow an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2020-27017- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-19541 No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability which could allow an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2020-19541- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m5fq-fj2f-7888 No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML...
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability which could allow an authenticated administrator to read arbitrary local files. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-m5fq-fj2f-7888- Weakness
- CWE-776
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-27017 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Trend Micro Interscan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (imsva), published November 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.47%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.