FKIE_CVE-2020-24563

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-29 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:05
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One may allow a local attacker to manipulate the process of the security agent unload option (if configured), 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 in order to exploit this vulnerability.
References
security@trendmicro.comhttps://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000271974Vendor Advisory
security@trendmicro.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1218/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000271974Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1218/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trendmicro apex_one 2019
trendmicro apex_one saas
microsoft windows -
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