September 21, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-41179 — Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-09-21- Federal due date
2023-10-12- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
- EPSS
- 85.7th percentile (score 0.025, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41179
CISA short description
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security contain an unspecified vulnerability in the third-party anti-virus uninstaller that could allow an attacker to manipulate the module to conduct remote code execution. An attacker must first obtain administrative console access on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.