CVE-2020-24557 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2020-24557

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Trend Micro

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Affected Software

Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
Vulnerable Versions:
2009 (on premise), SaaS, 10.0 SP1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2020
Last Modified: October 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.