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CVE-2023-41179

High 7.2 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.2 (HIGH) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
4% (percentile: 91) as of 2 November 2026
CWE
CWE-94

Affected products

trendmicro: apex one; trendmicro: worry-free business security; trendmicro: worry-free business security services; microsoft: windows

References