CVE-2023-41179
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEURUUSadded 2023-09-21remediate by 2023-10-12
required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-25
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the 3rd party AV uninstaller module contained in Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS), Worry-Free Business Security and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow an attacker to manipulate the module to execute arbitrary commands on an affected installation. Note that an attacker must first obtain administrative console access on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.2–9.1
ssvc
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affected products (10)
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- Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security10.0 SP1 → 10.0 SP1 Build 2495enisa_euvdEU
- Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security ServicesSaaS → 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105enisa_euvdEU
- trendmicro worry-free business security= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- trendmicro worry-free business security servicesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (12)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-41179/cnnvd
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/cnnvd
- https://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2023/JVNDB-2023-003721.htmlcnnvd
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706cnnvd
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994cnnvd
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/enisa_euvd
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706enisa_euvd
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994enisa_euvd
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