CVE-2025-71216
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
Risk of privilege escalation by local attacker, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Ensure Trend Micro Apex One (Mac) agent is updated to SaaS 2507 or 2005 Yearly Release.
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-2025-71214High
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.
- CVE-2025-71212High
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.
Original NVD description (English source)
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent cache mechanism 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).