cve-2020-27697
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-18 18:45
Modified
2024-08-04 16:18
Severity ?
Summary
Trend Micro Security 2020 (Consumer) contains a vulnerability in the installer package that could be exploited by placing a malicious DLL in a non-protected location with high privileges (symlink attack) which can lead to obtaining administrative privileges during the installation of the product.
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