Pre-authenticated remote code execution in Trend Micro Apex Central
| Risk | Critical |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2025-49219 CVE-2025-49220 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-502 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Apex Central Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers |
| Vendor | Trend Micro |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EUVDB-ID: #VU111031
Risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49219
CWE-ID:
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsApex Central: before 2019 b7007
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0019926
https://appweb.trendmicro.com/SupportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=5510
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-366/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EUVDB-ID: #VU111032
Risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49220
CWE-ID:
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsApex Central: before 2019 b7007
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0019926
https://appweb.trendmicro.com/SupportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=5510
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-367/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
