CVE-2020-24559 (GCVE-0-2020-24559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-01 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:19
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Summary
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on macOS may allow an attacker to manipulate a certain binary to load and run a script from a user-writable folder, which then would allow them to execute arbitrary code as root. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Hard Link Privilege Escalation
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