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FKIE_CVE-2025-71217

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-21 14:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 16:10
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An origin validation error vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent self-protection 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).
References
security@trendmicro.comhttps://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022458Vendor Advisory
security@trendmicro.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-143/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trendmicro apex_one -
trendmicro apex_one -
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      "value": "An origin validation error vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent self-protection mechanism could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations.\r\n\r\nPlease note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\r\n\r\nThe 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 \u0026 2005 Yearly Release)."
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de error de validaci\u00f3n de origen en el mecanismo de autoprotecci\u00f3n del agente Trend Micro Apex One (mac) podr\u00eda permitir a un atacante local escalar privilegios en las instalaciones afectadas.\n\nTenga en cuenta: un atacante debe obtener primero la capacidad de ejecutar c\u00f3digo con privilegios bajos en el sistema objetivo para explotar esta vulnerabilidad.\n\nLa siguiente informaci\u00f3n se proporciona \u00fanicamente a t\u00edtulo informativo para referencias CVE, ya que estas ya fueron abordadas mediante actualizaciones de ActiveUpdate/SaaS a mediados o finales de 2025 (SaaS 2507 y 2005 Yearly Release)."
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-23T16:10:00.137",
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