CVE-2025-49384

Published Jun 17, 2025

Last updated a month ago

Trend Micro Security

Overview

AI description

Automated description summarized from trusted sources.

CVE-2025-49384 affects Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer). It is a link following local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files, potentially including the application itself.

Description: 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.
Source: security@trendmicro.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: maximum_security_2022

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

security@trendmicro.com: CWE-64

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      },
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          }
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        "operator": "OR"
      }
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    "operator": "AND"
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.