CVE detail
CVE-2023-41179: Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
Trend Micro · Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
- Date added (KEV)
- Sep 21, 2023
- CISA due date
- Oct 12, 2023
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor fix: Vendor advisory
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Technical detail
From CISA
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.
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000294994?language=en_US ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41179
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- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/Third Party Advisory
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706Broken Link
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994Broken Link
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/Third Party Advisory
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706Broken Link
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41179US Government Resource
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