CVE-2020-8468Known exploitationNetwork attack vector

Authenticated component manipulation via validation escape

Published Mar 18, 2020 · Updated Oct 21, 2025

Content validation escape in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 agents allows remote authenticated users to manipulate client components. The same flaw affects OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security 9.0, 9.5, and 10.0 agents, but Trend Micro has not disclosed the component or validation operation that accepts the crafted content. Exploitation requires valid user authentication and can alter agent-side components; further consequences are not publicly specified.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability6.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationReported
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Content validation escape in Trend Micro Apex One 2019 agents allows remote authenticated users to manipulate client components. The same flaw affects OfficeScan XG and Worry-Free Business Security 9.0, 9.5, and 10.0 agents, but Trend Micro has not disclosed the component or validation operation that accepts the crafted content. Exploitation requires valid user authentication and can alter agent-side components; further consequences are not publicly specified.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-8468
Published
Mar 18, 2020
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-74
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 18, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 3, 2021Exploitation reportedCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities listing
  3. Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

8.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5NVDAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationReported
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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Reported exploitation

Technologies

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