CVE-2020-24562

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 29, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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