CVE-2023-41179: Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
- Added to the catalog
- 2023-09-21
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2023-10-12
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
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 (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
- https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000294994?language=en_US
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41179
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2023-09-19T14:15:21.343
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17T06:20:55.260
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
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.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
References
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/ (Third Party Advisory)
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706 (Broken Link)
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994 (Broken Link)
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/ (Third Party Advisory)
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706 (Broken Link)
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994 (Broken Link)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41179 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Assigner
- trendmicro
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2023-09-19T13:44:57.831Z
- Updated
- 2025-10-21T23:05:37.728Z
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.
References
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2023-41179: Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
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https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2023-41179 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T06:20:55.260.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:05:37.728Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.
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