CVE-2020-8606
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote...
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.
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
9.8
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.
- Record
CVE-2020-8606- 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-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.
- Record
CVE-2020-8606- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29454 No score
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29454- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-crg8-779p-h56q
9.8
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote...
A vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5 may allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance.
- Record
GHSA-crg8-779p-h56q- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Trend Micro Web Security (Virtual Appliance) Remote Code Execution | 2020-06-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8606 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) 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 73.3%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-677
success.trendmicro.com/solution/000253095
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158171/Trend-Micro-Web-Security-Virtual-Appliance-Remote-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158423/Trend-Micro-Web-Security-Remote-Code-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8606
github.com/advisories/GHSA-crg8-779p-h56q