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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24562
Reference (s):
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263633
- URL: https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000263633
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1226/
- URL: https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1226/

