CVE-2020-8605

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote...

8.8 HighPublic exploit

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

87.8%Up 42.7 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2020-8605
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2020-8605
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2020-29453 No score

Record: EUVD-2020-29453
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8phw-63g4-q6pq 8.8

A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote...

Record: GHSA-8phw-63g4-q6pq
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Trend Micro Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 SP2 Patch 4 Build 1901 - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2020-07-14
Metasploit	Trend Micro Web Security (Virtual Appliance) Remote Code Execution	2020-06-10

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, products	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

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

In short

CVE-2020-8605 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Trend Micro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance, published May 27, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.8%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.