Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a link following local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files including its own.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Trendmicro maximum Security 2022
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2022:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Trendmicro maximum Security 2022

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

epss

{'score': 0.00038}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:15:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{}


Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a link following local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files including its own.
First Time appeared Trendmicro
Trendmicro maximum Security 2023
Weaknesses CWE-64
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2023:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Trendmicro
Trendmicro maximum Security 2023
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-11T03:55:31.259Z

Reserved: 2025-06-17T14:02:46.484Z

Link: CVE-2025-52521

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-10T19:07:58.337Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-10T19:15:25.720

Modified: 2025-08-26T17:53:17.243

Link: CVE-2025-52521

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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