CVE-2025-52837 Privilege escalation in Trend Micro Password Manager
Attackers can exploit symbolic links to delete arbitrary files and escalate privileges 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
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52837?
CVE-2025-52837 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager, published on 10 Jul 2025. 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 5.8.0.1327 and below is vulnerable to a Link Following Privilege Escalation Vulnerability that could allow an attacker the opportunity to abuse symbolic links and other methods to delete any file/folder and achieve privilege escalation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52837?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trendmicro Password Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52837?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52837 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-52837 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52837 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Password Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v338-m87c-mjx4.