CVE-2020-24562 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro OfficeScan
An attacker with low-privileged code execution can create hard links to manipulate files, leading to privilege escalation and code execution on Trend Micro OfficeScan.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24562?
CVE-2020-24562 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Officescan, published on 28 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24562?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Officescan.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24562?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-24562 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24562 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trendmicro Officescan
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74vv-q3rm-9hv6.