CVE-2025-69258

critical

Description

A LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL into a key executable, leading to execution of attacker-supplied code under the context of SYSTEM on affected installations.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-01

https://success.trendmicro.com/ja-JP/solution/KA-0022081

https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022071

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-08

Updated: 2026-01-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00153

Vulnerability Watch

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