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 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.
ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan, and Worry-Free Business Security
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11/3/2021
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24557
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2 Score
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
This vulnerability has a 1.88% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
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