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Release Date: July 1, 2025

CVE Vulnerability Identifier: CVE-2025-52521

Platform: Microsoft Windows

CVSSv3 Scores: 7.8: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity Rating: Medium

Summary

Trend Micro has released an update via ActiveUpdate for the Trend Micro Security for Windows family of consumer products which resolves a link following privilege local escalation vulnerability by updating the libraries in version 17.8 or higher of the software.

Affected Versions

PRODUCTAFFECTED VERSIONSPLATFORMLANGUAGE(S)
Trend Micro Security17.8Microsoft WindowsEnglish

Solution

PRODUCTUPDATED VERSION(S)PLATFORMLANGUAGE(S)
Trend Micro Security17.8.1476Microsoft WindowsEnglish

Vulnerability Details

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.

Trend Micro has received no reports nor is aware of any actual attacks against the affected product related to this vulnerability at this time.

Acknowledgement

Trend Micro would like to thank the following individual for responsibly disclosing the issue and working with Trend Micro to help protect our customers:

  • Simon Zuckerbraun of Trend Zero Day Initiative

Additional Assistance

Customers who have questions are encouraged to contact Trend Micro Support for further assistance.

External Reference

The following advisories may be found at Trend Zero Day Initiative Published Advisories site:

  • ZDI-CAN-26887
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