Trend Micro Password Manager (Consumer) version 5.0.0.1266 and below is vulnerable to a Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability t…

published 2022-05-16 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-52383

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits: 0; none known

Trend Micro Password Manager (Consumer) version 5.0.0.1266 and below is vulnerable to a Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability that could allow a low privileged local attacker to delete the contents of an arbitrary folder as SYSTEM which can then be used for privilege escalation on the affected machine.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

trendmicro password_manager 5.0.0.1270

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Trend Micro Trend Micro Password Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

helpcenter.trendmicro.com /en-us/article/tmka-09071
vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-22-759/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-30523
NVD CVE-2022-30523

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