CVE-2020-24556 — Link Following in Micro Apex ONE

CWE-59 — Link FollowingCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Trend Micro Apex ONETrend Micro OfficescanTrend Micro Worry-free Business Security+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateMay 24

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…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5trend_micro/trend_micro_worry-free_business_security10 SP1, Services (SaaS)
▶NVDtrendmicro/apex_one2019, saas+1
▶CVEListV5trend_micro/trend_micro_apex_one2009 (on premise), SaaS

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-28fh-4j57-cc4w: A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and OfficeScan XG SP1 on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to create a hard link to any file on the syst↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-24556: A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan XG SP1, Worry-Free Business Security 10 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on Microsoft↗2020-09-01
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