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CVE-2020-24557

UNKNOWN
Published 2020-09-01T18:55:27.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.010
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 1.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.762
Higher than 76.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Apex One

Affected Versions:

2009 (on premise), SaaS
Trend Micro

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security

Affected Versions:

10.0 SP1

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild

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Remediation Status

Overdue

Due Date

May 3, 2022

Added to KEV

November 3, 2021

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Product

Vendor/Project: Trend Micro
Product: Apex One, OfficeScan, and Worry-Free Business Security

Ransomware Risk

Known Ransomware Use
KEV Catalog Version: 2025.01.24 Released: January 24, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-rf37-cmcm-645m

Advisory Details

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One 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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24557
WEB https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263632
WEB https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000267260
WEB https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1094

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: February 6, 2025

References

https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263632
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1094/
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000267260
Published: 2020-09-01T18:55:27.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-06T19:44:10.627Z
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