CVE-2025-49216
Published: 17 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49216 is a critical-severity Use of Obsolete Function (CWE-477) vulnerability in Trendmicro Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 47.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-28286
Vulnerability details
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption PolicyServer could allow an attacker to access key methods as an admin user and modify product configurations on affected installations.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Institutionalized information sharing keeps developers aware of obsolete functions and the need to replace them with supported alternatives.
Regular reassessment flags use of obsolete functions whose security properties have degraded or whose replacements contain fixes for known weaknesses.
Eliminates reliance on functions or components explicitly declared obsolete and unsupported by their maintainers.
Software and firmware updates replace obsolete functions whose retained presence leaves systems exposed to publicly known weaknesses.