๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-52521

HIGH 7.8
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor trend micro, inc.
Product trend micro security (consumer)
Published Jul 10, 2025
Last Updated Feb 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Trend Micro, Inc. / Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
17.8 < 17.8.1476

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
helpcenter.trendmicro.com: https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876 zerodayinitiative.com: https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/