PT-2025-42831 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Antivirus

Published 2025-03-21 · Updated 2025-11-07 · CVE-2025-59931

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trend Micro Antivirus for macOS versions prior to 11.8.1400 Trend Micro Antivirus for macOS versions prior to 11.9.36

Description The issue concerns insecure privilege management within Trend Micro Antivirus. Successful exploitation may allow a remote attacker to elevate privileges to root. The issue persists even after the application is uninstalled.

Recommendations Update Trend Micro Antivirus for macOS to version 11.8.1400 or later. Update Trend Micro Antivirus for macOS to version 11.9.36 or later.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-04878

CVE-2025-59931

Affected Products

Trend Micro Antivirus

References · 4

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-04878 · Security Note
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-13009 · Note
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/ja-jp/article/tmka-13005 · Note
• https://twitter.com/PTsecurity_EN/status/1986682276974145978 · Twitter Post