CVE-2023-41179A 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 atta…
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It affects Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One and 5 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since Sep 21, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Oct 12, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Sep 21, 2023; federal remediation due Oct 12, 2023Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 4.25% (percentile 91)
- Assigned by
- trendmicro
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One trend_micro:apex_one (from the name) | 2019 (14.0) builds before 14.0.0.12380 | CNA record |
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security trend_micro:worry_free_business_security (from the name) | from 10.0 SP1 before 10.0 SP1 Build 2495 | CNA record |
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services trend_micro:worry_free_business_security_services (from the name) | from SaaS before 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105 | CNA record |
trendmicro apex_one trendmicro:apex_one | 2019 | CISA ADP |
trendmicro worry-free_business_security trendmicro:worry-free_business_security | 10.0 | CISA ADP |
trendmicro worry-free_business_security_services trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services | all versions | CISA ADP |
trendmicro apex_one trendmicro:apex_one | 2019; 2019 | NVD |
trendmicro worry-free_business_security trendmicro:worry-free_business_security | 10.0 | NVD |
trendmicro worry-free_business_security_services trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994broken-link
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706broken-link
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41179us-government-resource
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