CVE-2025-71212

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

21/05/2026

Last modified:

21/05/2026

Description

A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One scan engine could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations.<br /> <br /> Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022458
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-138/