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CVE-2020-8467
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Verified 2026-06-22
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan vulnerability
Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan contain an unspecified vulnerability in a migration tool component allowing remote code execution.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A remote code execution flaw in Trend Micro endpoint protection products enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through a migration tool, with active exploitation observed in the wild.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
5 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.10793 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Trend Micro, Apex One and OfficeScan. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
02
Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
03
Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify and target the exposed migration tool component in Trend Micro Apex One or OfficeScan deployments.
Business
Endpoint security infrastructure becomes a direct attack vector rather than a protective layer.
2
Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I craft and deliver a malicious request to the migration tool to achieve remote code execution on protected systems.
Business
Attackers gain execution privileges on machines that were intended to be hardened and monitored.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistent access and lateral movement across the organization from compromised endpoints.
Business
Enterprise network perimeter defenses are bypassed, enabling widespread internal compromise.
04
What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05
Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by trendmicroCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.