CVE-2025-49157
HIGHTrend Micro Apex One < 14.0.14492 and 14.0.0.12994-14.0.0.14002 - Local Privilege Escalation via Damage Cleanup Engine
Title source: llmDescription
A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One Damage Cleanup 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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0019917
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-364/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-269
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (2)
trendmicro/apex_one
< 14.0.14492
trendmicro/apex_one
14.0.0.12994 - 14.0.0.14002
Published
Jun 17, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026