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High · 7.8 Known exploited CVE-2020-24557 EUVD-2020-17276GHSA-rf37-cmcm-645m

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to manipulate …

Published Sep 1, 2020 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by trendmicro

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Trend Micro Trend Micro Apex One 2009 (on premise), SaaS —
Trend Micro Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 —

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