CVE-2025-48443 (GCVE-0-2025-48443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-17 20:34 – Updated: 2025-06-18 15:50
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Summary
Trend Micro Password Manager (Consumer) version 5.0.0.1266 and below is vulnerable to a Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to leverage this vulnerability to delete files in the context of an administrator when the administrator installs Trend Micro Password Manager.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-64 - Windows Shortcut Following
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Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Password Manager Affected: 5.0 , < 5.8.0.1330 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:password_manager:5.0.0.1266:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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