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.
Published: 2020-09-01
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 2.7% Low
KEV: Yes
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17276 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.
History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:15:00 +0200


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0200


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:30:00 +0200


Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:saas:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0100

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows
Trendmicro Apex One Worry-free Business Security
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:37.172Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-24557

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Updated: 2024-08-04T15:19:07.575Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-09-01T19:15:11.870

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:05:45.430

Link: CVE-2020-24557

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Weaknesses