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High
CVE-2025-52521
Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a link...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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High
7.8
Affected Vendor
Trend Micro, Inc.
View all reports →Affected Software
Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
Vulnerable Versions:
17.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 10th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.