What is CVE-2025-48443?

CVE-2025-48443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Password Manager, classified under CWE-64. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-48443?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Trendmicro Password Manager

CVE-2025-48443

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.

Published 2025-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Trendmicro Password Manager
Trend Micro, Inc. Micro Password Manager — versions 5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-64

References

helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/TMKA-12917 (Vendor Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-361/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48443?: CVE-2025-48443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trendmicro Password Manager, classified under CWE-64. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-48443?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.