CVE-2025-52521 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) and related products on Microsoft Windows. An attacker could exploit this flaw to unintentionally delete critical Trend Micro files, leading to a high impact on integrity and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges but does not necessitate user interaction. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:maximum_security_2022:17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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