High severity · published Jul 10, 2025
CVE-2025-52521
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…
7.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TM
Trend Micro Security (Consumer) · Trend Micro, Inc.
17.8 before 17.8.1476 · source: vendor
MS
Maximum Security 2022 · Trendmicro
17.8 · source: NVD
Affected product
TM
Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Trend Micro, Inc.
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52521
Vendor Advisory
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/
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