CVE•Published 2026-05-21•Modified 2026-06-05•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-71215Trendmicro · Apex_one

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Description

A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent iCore service signature verification 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).

Timeline

Published 2026-05-21

Modified 2026-06-05

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-71215

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Trendmicro Apex One"

All exposed Trendmicro Apex One instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Apex One"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Apex One" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-71215