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.
Published: 2020-09-28
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17281 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.
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Microsoft Windows
Trendmicro Officescan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:19:07.370Z

Reserved: 2020-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-24562

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-29T00:15:12.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:14:59.847

Link: CVE-2020-24562

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