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Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2020 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2020-24556

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Trend Micro Apex One from Trend Micro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan XG SP1, Worry-Free Business Security 10 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to create a hard link to any file on the system, which then could be manipulated to gain a privilege escalation and code execution. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. Please note that version 1909 (OS Build 18363.719) of Microsoft Windows 10 mitigates hard links, but previous versions are affected.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One 2009 (on premise), SaaS
Trend Micro Trend Micro OfficeScan XG SP1
Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10 SP1, Services (SaaS)

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