CVE-2020-28578
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an...
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP message and achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP message and achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges.
- Record
CVE-2020-28578- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP message and achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges.
- Record
CVE-2020-28578- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-20976 No score
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP message and achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2020-20976- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vx6-2r2f-g9qw No score
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an...
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP message and achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges.
- Record
GHSA-9vx6-2r2f-g9qw- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28578 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Trend Micro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance, published November 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.0%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.