Is CVE-2025-49157 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-49157 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-49157?

CVE-2025-49157 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-49157?

CVE-2025-49157 has an EPSS score of 0.16% (5th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-49157?

Upgrade apex one to 14.0.0.14002 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-49157

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One Damage Cleanup Engine could allow a local attacker to escalation 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.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

apex oneNVD

Affected:>= 14.0.0.12994, < 14.0.0.14002Fixed in:14.0.0.14002CVE-2025-49157derived from NVD

Affected:< 14.0.14492Fixed in:14.0.14492CVE-2025-49157derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

success.trendmicro.com

Third-Party Advisory1

zerodayinitiative.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-09.