CVE-2025-53503

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-53503?

Upgrade cleaner one to 6.8.333 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-53503 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-53503 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.22% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 12% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-53503?

CVE-2025-53503 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-53503 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cleaner one (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Trend Micro Cleaner One Pro is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files including its own.

CWE-64

How to fix

Remediation Available

cleaner oneNVD

Affected:< 6.8.333Fixed in:6.8.333CVE-2025-53503derived from NVD

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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

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpcenter.trendmicro.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-52521	High	7.8	0.3%	-	-
CVE-2021-1492	Medium	6.6	0.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-41562	Medium	6.1	0.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-7376	Medium	5.9	0.2%	-	-
CVE-2025-48443	Medium	6.7	0.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-52837	High	7.8	0.2%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-53503?

Upgrade cleaner one to 6.8.333 or later.

Is CVE-2025-53503 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-53503 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.22% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 12% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-53503?

CVE-2025-53503 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-53503 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cleaner one (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2025-10-03.