CVE-2025-71212_CVE-2025-71212

7.8 / 10

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-71212

Source trendmicro

Published May 21, 2026 at 13:02

Affected Product

Vendor Trend Micro, Inc.

Product TrendAI Apex One

Version 2019 (14.0)

Affected Versions Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One 2019 (14.0)
Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One as a Service SaaS

CWE Classification

CWE-59

References

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