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CVE-2020-8466

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2...

9.8 Critical

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2, with the improved password hashing method enabled, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute certain commands by providing a manipulated password.

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

64.1%Up 63.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2, with the improved password hashing method enabled, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute certain commands by providing a manipulated password.

Record
CVE-2020-8466
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2, with the improved password hashing method enabled, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute certain commands by providing a manipulated password.

Record
CVE-2020-8466
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29332 No score

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2, with the improved password hashing method enabled, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute certain commands by providing a manipulated password.

Record
EUVD-2020-29332
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8qx-8jr7-qrj4 No score

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2...

A command injection vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2, with the improved password hashing method enabled, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute certain commands by providing a manipulated password.

Record
GHSA-c8qx-8jr7-qrj4
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, productsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-8466 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Trend Micro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance, published December 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 64.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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