CVE-2025-49154
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free...
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security could allow a local attacker to overwrite key memory-mapped files which could then have severe consequences for the security and stability of 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security could allow a local attacker to overwrite key memory-mapped files which could then have severe consequences for the security and stability of 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.
- Record
CVE-2025-49154- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-18531
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security could allow a local attacker to overwrite key memory-mapped files which could then have severe consequences for the security and stability of 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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-18531- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p8h4-m3x4-3cgw
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free...
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security could allow a local attacker to overwrite key memory-mapped files which could then have severe consequences for the security and stability of 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.
- Record
GHSA-p8h4-m3x4-3cgw- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An insecure access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security could allow a local attacker to overwrite key memory-mapped files which could then have severe consequences for the security and stability of 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.
- Record
CVE-2025-49154- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-49154 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Trend Micro Apex One, published June 17, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.12%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.