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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-24557 – Urgent Update Regarding Trend Micro Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2020-24557

The vulnerability released by Trend Micro is present in products such as Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and OfficeScan. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacked to manipulate a particular product folder to disable the security temporarily in Microsoft Windows. Once the attacker gains the ability to execute a low-privileged code on the target system, they can abuse a specific Windows function and attain privilege escalation or disable security features. The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

Impact

  • Privilege Escalation
  • Remote Code Execution

Affected Vendors

TrendMicro

Affected Products

  • Trend Micro Apex One 2019 prior to Build 8422
  • Trend Micro Apex One as a Service prior to Build 202008
  • OfficeScan prior to XG SP1 Build 5702

Remediation

Apply the latest critical patches released by Trend Micro at https://appweb.trendmicro.com/SupportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=4126

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