Trend Micro has found and patched numerous high-to-critical vulnerabilities for two of its products, according to a security bulletin on the company’s business support page. The vulnerabilities range from 8-10 on the CVSS scale and, according to Trend Micro, at least one of the patched vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild. Because of this, the company is urging customers to update the affected products, Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan XG, as soon as possible.
There are five vulnerabilities that are mentioned in the security bulletin:
- CVE-2020-8467: A migration tool component used in both Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan is exploitable in that it allows threat actors, namely those who have user authentication, to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.1 and is currently finding activity in the wild.
- CVE-2020-8468: This is a content validation escape vulnerability that, with user authentication, “could allow an attacker to manipulate certain agent-client components.” With a CVSS score of 8.0, this is on the lower end of some of these patched exploits, however, just like CVE-2020-8467, this is currently being used in the wild.
- CVE-2020-8470: Earning a 10 on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability stems from a DLL file that, in the words of Trend Micro, “could allow an attacker to delete any file on the server with SYSTEM level privileges.” This can be accomplished without authentication, however, there have been no observed cases of active exploitation. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
- CVE-2020-8598: Similar to CVE-2020-8470, this vulnerability is a 10 on the CVSS scale and also stems from a vulnerable service DLL file. In this case, however, a threat actor can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM level privileges. Again, like CVE-2020-8470, this all can be done sans authentication. There are no instances of exploitation at this time.
- CVE-2020-8599: Is a CVSS level 10 vulnerability, exploitable without authentication, stemming from an EXE file that allows an attacker to bypass ROOT via writing arbitrary data to an arbitrary path.
Don’t wait for the other vulnerabilities to be exploited, which they undoubtedly will, before patching. Install these updates as soon as possible if you use Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan.
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