CVE-2025-54987

9.8

CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

Trend Micro Apex One Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One (on-premise) management console could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations. This vulnerability is essentially the same as CVE-2025-54948 but targets a different CPU architecture.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2025, 2:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-54987 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Trendmicro	apex_one

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

CVSS Scores

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.

Score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
	CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL				[email protected]
	CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL				[email protected]

Solution

Update Apex One management console to patch remote code execution vulnerability.

Update Trend Micro Apex One management console.
Apply vendor-provided security patches.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-54987 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-54987.

URL	Resource
https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0020652	Patch Vendor Advisory

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-54987 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-54987 weaknesses.

CAPEC-6: Argument Injection Argument Injection CAPEC-15: Command Delimiters Command Delimiters CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

allinsthon/CVE-2025-54948

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Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Aug. 7, 2025, 10:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-54987 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The Register

Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console

Infosec In Brief A critical vulnerability in the on-prem version of Trend Micro's Apex One endpoint security platform is under active exploitation, the company admitted last week, and there's no patch ...

Published Date: Aug 10, 2025 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)

Help Net Security

Week in review: SonicWall firewalls targeted in ransomware attacks, Black Hat USA 2025

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Published Date: Aug 10, 2025 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)

Help Net Security

Microsoft urges admins to plug severe Exchange security hole (CVE-2025-53786)

“In an Exchange hybrid deployment, an attacker who first gains administrative access to an on-premises Exchange server could potentially escalate privileges within the organization’s connected cloud e ...

Published Date: Aug 07, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)

Help Net Security

SonicWall: Attackers did not exploit zero-day vulnerability to compromise Gen 7 firewalls

Akira ransomware affiliates are not leveraging an unknown, zero-day vulnerability in SonicWall Gen 7 firewalls to breach corporate networks, the security vendor shared today. “Instead, there is a sign ...

Published Date: Aug 07, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)

Help Net Security

Energy companies are blind to thousands of exposed services

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Published Date: Aug 07, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)

TheCyberThrone

Trend Micro Apex One Critical Vulnerabilities

August 7, 2025OverviewIn early August 2025, Trend Micro issued an urgent security bulletin disclosing two actively exploited critical vulnerabilities in its Apex One and Apex One as a Service (on-prem ...

Published Date: Aug 07, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)

Help Net Security

Adobe patches critical Adobe Experience Manager Forms vulnerabilities with public PoC

Adobe has released an emergency security update for Adobe Experience Manager Forms on Java Enterprise Edition (JEE), which fix two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-54253, CVE-2025-54254) with a publ ...