Known exploited · Trend Micro
CVE-2023-41179: Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
What it is
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.
- Vendor
- Trend Micro
- Product
- Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
- Added to KEV
- September 21, 2023
- CISA due date
- October 12, 2023
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Weakness
- Not mapped by CISA
What CISA requires
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before October 12, 2023 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
References
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.