CVE-2020-24562

HIGH

Trend Micro OfficeScan XG SP1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro OfficeScan XG SP1 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. This CVE is similar, but not identical to CVE-2020-24556.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263633
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1226/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
trendmicro/officescan xg sp1
Published Sep 29, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026