High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-52521
CVE-2025-52521
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.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2022:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Trend Micro, Inc./Trend Micro Security (Consumer)v5cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2023:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: 17.8
- Range: 17.8
- Range: 17.8
Patches
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References
2- helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/nvdThird Party Advisory
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