CVE-2025-52521 Path traversal in Trend Micro Security (Consumer)
A local attacker can exploit link following to delete privileged Trend Micro files, leading to privilege escalation or service disruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52521?
CVE-2025-52521 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Security (Consumer), published on 10 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-64
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52521?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Maximum Security 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52521?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52521 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-52521 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52521 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-49384 Path traversal in Trend Micro Internet Security (Consumer)
- CVE-2025-49385 Path traversal in Trend Micro Internet Security (Consumer)
- CVE-2024-32849 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer)
- CVE-2022-30687 Path traversal in Trend Micro Maximum Security
- CVE-2022-48191 Race condition in Trend Micro Maxium Security (Consumer)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f8gc-2mmp-fjwc.