CVE-2016-3987
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary...
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
- Record
CVE-2016-3987- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
- Record
CVE-2016-3987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4996 No score
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4996- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xx4r-v983-p5jq
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary...
The HTTP server in Trend Micro Password Manager allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary commands via the url parameter to (1) api/openUrlInDefaultBrowser or (2) api/showSB.
- Record
GHSA-xx4r-v983-p5jq- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Trend Micro - node.js HTTP Server Listening on localhost Can Execute Commands | 2016-01-11 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3987 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Trendmicro Password Manager, published April 8, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.3%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exploit-db.com/exploits/39218
packetstormsecurity.com/files/135222/TrendMicro-Node.js-HTTP-Server-Command-Execution.html
securitytracker.com/id/1034662
blog.trendmicro.com/information-on-reported-vulnerabilities-in-trend-micro-password-manager
code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=693
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3987
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx4r-v983-p5jq