CVE-2020-24557

Summary

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to manipulate a particular product folder to disable the security temporarily, abuse a specific Windows function and attain privilege escalation. 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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Trend MicroTrend Micro Apex One2009 (on premise), SaaSaffected
Trend MicroTrend Micro Worry-Free Business Security10.0 SP1affected

Weaknesses

  • Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: active
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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