CVE-2020-8601 Other in Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing malicious DLLs in the installer directory, affecting Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8601?
CVE-2020-8601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection, published on 20 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection 2.0 is affected by a vulnerability that could allow an attack to use the product installer to load other DLL files located in the same directory.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8601?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Vulnerability Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-8601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p8cx-rv78-q879.