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CVE-2022-30523

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Password Manager: before 5.0.0.1270 — fixed in 5.0.0.1270

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trend Micro Password Manager 5.0.0.1270. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-09071
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-759/
• https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-09071
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-759/

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