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Trend Micro Apex One: CVE-2020-24562: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 28, 2020
Added
Jun 13, 2025
Modified
Apr 6, 2026

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.

Solution

trend-micro-apex-one-upgrade-latest
Title
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