Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2020 · Assigned by trendmicro

CVE-2020-24559

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 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.4% 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, Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on macOS may allow an attacker to manipulate a certain binary to load and run a script from a user-writable folder, which then would allow them to execute arbitrary code as root. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One 2009 (on premise), SaaS
Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1, Services (SaaS)

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