High severity · published Nov 18, 2020
CVE-2020-28572
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow an unprivileged user to abuse the product installer to reinstall the agent with additional malicious code in the context of a…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow an unprivileged user to abuse the product installer to reinstall the agent with additional malicious code in the context of a higher privilege.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Apex One · Trend Micro
2019 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28572
Vendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000281949
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