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CVE-2020-24562

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CVE-2020-24562

Published: Sep 28, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Trend Micro

Trend Micro OfficeScan

affected
XG SP1

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