CVE-2025-71212
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs
Summary
Trend Micro Apex One has a link following vulnerability in the scan engine that could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges. The attacker must first have the ability to execute low-privileged code.
Risk Assessment
A local attacker with limited privileges can gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Apply patches provided by Trend Micro for Apex One.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex One
See all- CVE-2026-34926MediumActively exploited
A directory traversal vulnerability in the Apex One (on-premise) server could allow a pre-authenticated local attacker to modify a key table on the server to inject malicious code to deploy to agents. The attack requires access to the server and prior administrative credentials.
- CVE-2025-71211Critical
A vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One management console (similar to CVE-2025-71210 but affecting a different executable) allows a remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands. Requires access to the management console. SaaS versions are already patched.
- CVE-2025-71210Critical
A vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One management console allows a remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands. Requires access to the management console. SaaS versions are already patched.
- CVE-2025-71216High
Time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One (Mac) agent cache mechanism allows local attacker to escalate privileges. Requires prior low-privileged code execution. Patches available in ActiveUpdate/SaaS updates from mid/late 2025.
- CVE-2025-71214High
An origin validation error vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent iCore service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. The attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system.
- CVE-2025-71213High
An origin validation error vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system.
Original NVD description (English source)
A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine 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.