CVE-2020-24557: Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Access Control Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Access Control Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Trend Micro: Trend Micro Apex OneTrend Micro: Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263632 (opens in new tab)
- success.trendmicro.com/solution/000267260 (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1094/ (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)