CVE-2025-49385

SYSTEM code execution via symbolic-link file deletion

Published Jun 17, 2025 · Updated Jun 18, 2025

Link following in Trend Micro Internet Security before 17.8.1464 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. The Platinum Host Service follows an attacker-created symbolic link while deleting a file, allowing a protected file to be removed. Low-privileged code execution on a Windows host is required, and successful exploitation grants SYSTEM-level code execution.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Link following in Trend Micro Internet Security before 17.8.1464 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. The Platinum Host Service follows an attacker-created symbolic link while deleting a file, allowing a protected file to be removed. Low-privileged code execution on a Windows host is required, and successful exploitation grants SYSTEM-level code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-49385
Published
Jun 17, 2025
Updated
Jun 18, 2025
Vendor
Trend Micro
Product
Trend Micro Internet Security
Classifications
CWE-64, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=17.8 <17.8.1464

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Trend Micro · Trend Micro Internet Securityversion=17.8 <17.8.1464

Published CVSS scores

7.8Trend Micro, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-64Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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