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high 7.2

CVE-2023-41179 kev in the critical feed json

A vulnerability in the 3rd party AV uninstaller module contained in Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS), Worry-Free Business Security a…

published 2023-09-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-45696

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2023-09-21
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One 14.0.0.12380, 14.0.12637
  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 Build 2495
  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
3 y ago
Patch by
2023-10-12 (3 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Trend Micro, Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
CISA name
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1078 Valid Accounts exploitation
  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One
  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
  • Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services
  • trendmicro apex_one
  • trendmicro worry-free_business_security
  • trendmicro worry-free_business_security_services

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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