CVE-2022-30523 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Password Manager
A local attacker can exploit a link following vulnerability to delete arbitrary files as SYSTEM, leading to privilege escalation on the affected machine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-30523?
CVE-2022-30523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager, published on 16 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30523?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Password Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-30523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-30523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Password Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rmw3-4v45-rj33.