CVE-2025-48443 Path traversal in Trend Micro Password Manager
A local attacker can delete files with administrator privileges during installation due to a link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48443?
CVE-2025-48443 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager, published on 17 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-64
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48443?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Password Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48443?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-48443 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48443 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Password Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c8jv-wc89-vqf7.