CVE-2023-41179

What the flaw 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.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

4 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• MiracleAnameke/Cybersecurity-Vulnerability-and-Exposure-Report
• Ostorlab/KEV
• Ostorlab/known_exploited_vulnerbilities_detectors
• oxMdee/Cybersecurity-Vulnerability-and-Exposure-Report

Vendor advisories

• success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000294994?language=en_US
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41179

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org