CVE-2025-48443

SYSTEM code execution via installer junction deletion

Published Jun 17, 2025 · Updated Jun 18, 2025

Link following in Trend Micro Password Manager before 5.8.0.1330 allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM during installation. The Windows installer follows an attacker-created junction and deletes an arbitrary file through the redirected path. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution and an administrator to run the installer, after which file deletion enables SYSTEM execution.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Link following in Trend Micro Password Manager before 5.8.0.1330 allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM during installation. The Windows installer follows an attacker-created junction and deletes an arbitrary file through the redirected path. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution and an administrator to run the installer, after which file deletion enables SYSTEM execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48443
Published
Jun 17, 2025
Updated
Jun 18, 2025
Vendor
Trend Micro
Product
Trend Micro Password Manager
Classifications
CWE-64, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.0 <5.8.0.1330

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Trend Micro · Trend Micro Password Managerversion=5.0 <5.8.0.1330

Published CVSS scores

6.7Trend Micro, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-64Windows Shortcut Following
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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