CVE-2023-41179

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2023 at 01:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:20 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorApex OneWorry-Free Business SecurityWorry Free Business Security Services· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score4.3%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 4.3% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 91% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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.

Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Sep 21, 2023
Remediation Due
Oct 12, 2023
1110 days overdue

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2019 (14.0) ≤ v < 14.0.0.12380SaaS ≤ v < 14.0.1263720192019 (14.0)SaaS
Affected range stops below 14.0.0.12380, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0.12637, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)
10.0 SP1 ≤ v < 10.0 SP1 Build 249510.010.0 SP110.0 sp1
Affected range stops below 10.0 SP1 Build 2495, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)
SaaS ≤ v < 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105SaaS
Affected range stops below 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-94

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