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CVE-2023-41179

Improper Control of Generation of Code

CVSS 3.1 High 7.2Known exploited (CISA KEV)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by trendmicro. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org

Key data

CVSS 3.1 High 7.2

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network

    The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.

  • Attack complexity: Low

    No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.

  • Privileges required: High

    An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.

  • User interaction: None

    No action from any user is needed.

  • Scope: Unchanged

    The impact stays within the vulnerable component.

  • Confidentiality impact: High

    Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.

  • Integrity impact: High

    Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.

  • Availability impact: High

    Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
Score
0.04216 (4.2% probability)
Percentile
91.1%
Scores of
Nov 10, 2026
Model
v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Name in the catalog
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Added to the catalog
Sep 21, 2023
Federal due date
Oct 12, 2023

CISA assessment as of Sep 25, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.
Exploitation
Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.
CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CWE license.
  • CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

  • Trend Micro Apex One

    • affected: 2019 (14.0) up to before 14.0.0.12380

  • Trend Micro Apex One

    • affected: SaaS up to before 14.0.12637

  • Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security

    • affected: 10.0 SP1 up to before 10.0 SP1 Build 2495

  • Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

    • affected: SaaS up to before 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved
  2. Record published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Record last updated

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