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).
History

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Title Origin Validation Error in Trend Micro Apex One Mac Exploitable for Local Privilege Escalation

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Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-284

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Origin Validation Error in Trend Micro Apex One Mac Exploitable for Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-284

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-346
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trendmicro

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T13:53:32.056Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T16:33:44.102Z

Link: CVE-2025-71217

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T13:53:03.658Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-21T14:16:44.350

Modified: 2026-05-21T15:16:22.223

Link: CVE-2025-71217

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T17:30:15Z