7.5

CVE-2020-24560: trend micro trend micro security (consumer) Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 24-09-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-24560 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in trend micro trend micro security (consumer). EPSS estimates a 1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An incomplete SSL server certification validation vulnerability in the Trend Micro Security 2019 (v15) consumer family of products could allow an attacker to combine this vulnerability with another attack to trick an affected client into downloading a malicious update instead of the expected one. CWE-295: Improper server certificate verification in the communication with the update server.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.77% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Trendmicro5 products
Trend micro1 product

2 vendors · 6 products

References

4 links