Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2023· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2023-41179
CVE-2023-41179
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.
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Affected products
6- Trend Micro, Inc./Trend Micro Apex Onev5Range: SaaS
- Trend Micro, Inc./Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Securityv5Range: 10.0 SP1
- Trend Micro, Inc./Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Servicesv5Range: SaaS
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3News mentions
1- Trend Micro warns of Apex One zero-day exploited in the wildBleepingComputer · May 22, 2026