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 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 Incorporated has released a security update for Trend Micro Security for Windows (CVE-2025-52521). Trend Micro Incorporated reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC to notify users of its solution through JVN.

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Trend Micro Maximum Security ausnutzen, um seine Rechte zu erhöhen und beliebigen Code mit SYSTEM-Rechten auszuführen.