Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security: Remote Code Execution (CVE-2023-41179)
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
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. Added to CISA KEV on 2023-09-21.
Why this severity: CVSS 7.2 (NVD), actively exploited (CISA KEV)
- Started
- Sep 21, 2023
- Closed
- Sep 21, 2023
Affected
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
Fixed in
- See vendor advisory linked in sources
Timeline1
CISA added CVE-2023-41179 to the KEV catalog (due 2023-10-12).
Advisories3
Notes & caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record — verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier).
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