High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2026· Updated Jun 5, 2026
CVE-2025-71215
CVE-2025-71215
Description
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent iCore service signature verification could allow a local attacker to escalate 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.
The following information is provided as informational only for CVE references, as these were addressed already via ActiveUpdate/SaaS updates in mid to late 2025 (SaaS 2507 & 2005 Yearly Release).
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:-:macos:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:-:macos:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:-:*:*:*:saas:macos:*:*
Patches
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References
2- success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022458nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-141/nvdThird Party Advisory
News mentions
1- Trend Micro Apex One: 13 CVEs Disclosed Including Actively Exploited Zero-DayVypr Intelligence · May 21, 2026