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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-24556

CVE-2020-24556

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 Microsoft Windows 10 mitigates hard links, but previous versions are affected.

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Affected products

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  • Trend Micro/Apex One3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:saas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Trend Micro/Worry Free Business Security3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 10 SP1, Services (SaaS)
  • Trend Micro/Worry Free Business Security Services
    cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Trend Micro/OfficeScan XG SP1llm-fuzzy
  • Trend Micro/Trend Micro Apex Onev5
    Range: 2009 (on premise), SaaS
  • Trend Micro/Trend Micro OfficeScanv5
    Range: XG SP1

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