CVE-2020-24557
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...
Basic Information
- CVE State
- PUBLISHED
- Reserved Date
- August 20, 2020
- Published Date
- September 01, 2020
- Last Updated
- October 21, 2025
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
- Description
- 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.
- Tags
- Exploitation
- active
- Technical Impact
- total
- Exploited in the Wild
- Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
windows
cisa
CVSS Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.8 - HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
SSVC Information
Exploit Status
References
Known Exploited Vulnerability Information
| Source | Added Date |
|---|---|
| CISA | 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC |
| CISA | 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC |
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