jvndb - jvndb-2025-008105

jvndb-2025-008105

Vulnerability from jvndb

Published

2025-07-07 16:04

Modified

2025-07-07 16:04

Summary

Windows shortcut following (.LNK) vulnerability in Trend Micro Security for Windows (CVE-2025-52521)

Details

Trend Micro Incorporated has released a security update for Trend Micro Security for Windows (CVE-2025-52521). Trend Micro Incorporated reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC to notify users of its solution through JVN.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU94870570/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52521
	Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)(CWE-64)	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/64.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Trend Micro, Inc.

Trend Micro Security

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CVE-2025-52521 (GCVE-0-2025-52521)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-07-10 18:57

Modified

2025-07-11 03:55

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-64 - Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-18876
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-585/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Trend Micro, Inc.	Trend Micro Security (Consumer)	Version: 17.8 ≤ cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2023:17.8:::::::*

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