CVE-2025-49156 — Improper Privilege Management in Micro INC Trend Micro Apex ONE

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege ManagementCWE-59 — Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.0
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Trend Micro INC Trend Micro Apex ONETrend Micro INC Trend Micro Apex ONE AS A ServiceTrendmicro Apex ONE
Timeline
PublishedJun 17

Description

A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine could allow a local attacker to escalation privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDtrendmicro/apex_one14.0.0.12994 — 14.0.0.14002+1
▶CVEListV5trend_micro_inc/trend_micro_apex_one2019 (14.0) — 14.0.0.14002

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x2pv-p86v-gv78: A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine could allow a local attacker to escalation privileges on affected installations↗2025-06-17
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CVEList
CVE-2025-49156: A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine could allow a local attacker to escalation privileges on affected installations↗2025-06-17
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