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CVE-2020-24557

High

85.2

RPS

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.

Source: NVD

Signals

CVSS
7.8
High · v3.1
EPSS
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
CISA KEV
In CISA KEV since Nov 2021
Fix commit
No known fix commit
Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
Weakness
Not mapped
Published
1 Sept 2020
Last modified 31 Oct 2025

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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time

CVE-2020-24557 · RPS 85.2 · DevSecure Intelligence