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 privileged Trend Micro files including its own.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876	Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2022:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Aug 2025, 17:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2022:17.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
First Time		Microsoft windows Microsoft Trendmicro maximum Security 2022 Trendmicro
References	~~() https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876 -~~	() https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/ -~~	() https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/ - Third Party Advisory

15 Jul 2025, 13:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) es afectado por una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios locales que sigue un enlace que podría permitir a un atacante local eliminar de manera involuntaria archivos privilegiados de Trend Micro, incluidos los suyos propios.

10 Jul 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-10 19:15

Updated : 2025-08-26 17:53

NVD link : CVE-2025-52521

Mitre link : CVE-2025-52521

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-52521

JSON object : View

Products Affected

trendmicro

maximum_security_2022

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-64

Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

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