VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-24557

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.67%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2020-09-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Trend Micro / Apex One, OfficeScan, and 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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references