Trend Micro Apex Central LoadLibraryEx DLL Hijack (CVE-2025-69258)
CVE-2025-69258 Published on January 8, 2026
A LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL into a key executable, leading to execution of attacker-supplied code under the context of SYSTEM on affected installations.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-69258 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Types
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
This attack-focused weakness is caused by improperly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
Origin Validation Error
The software does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.
What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.
CVE-2025-69258 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-69258
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Affected Versions
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central:- Version 2019 (14.0) and below Build 7190 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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