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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-41179

Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Sep 19, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security

Patch now

CVE-2023-41179 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 12, 2023. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.2
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
4.25%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe trendmicro/apex one · cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security · cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security services · vendor Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe trendmicro/apex one2019
  • cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security10.0
  • cpe trendmicro/worry-free business security servicesversion unspecified
  • vendor Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Securityversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-41179

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-41179 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 12, 2023. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with trendmicro/apex one 2019; trendmicro/worry-free business security 10.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 4.25%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 19, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 t

  2. Sep 21, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Oct 12, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 t

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-41179

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-41179

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-41179

    30-day exploitation probability 4.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-41179

    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 instal

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-41179

    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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.