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Trend Micro Apex Central LoadLibraryEx RCE (CVE-2025-69258)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 282524

Synopsis

A security management application is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The Trend Micro Apex Central running on the remote host is affected by an improper input validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted message, to load an attacker-controlled DLL into MsgReceiver.exe, resulting in remote code execution.

Solution

Update to Apex Central build 7190 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 282524

File Name: trendmicro_apex_central_cve-2025-69258.nbin

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/9/2026

Updated: 1/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69258

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:trendmicro:apex_central

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Trend Micro Apex Central MsgReceiver

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69258