CVE-2023-41179

Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad en el módulo de desinstalación AV de terceros contenido en Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS), Worry-Free Business Security y Worry-Free Business Security Services podría permitir a un atacante manipular el módulo para ejecutar comandos arbitrarios afectando la instalación. Tenga en cuenta que un atacante primero debe obtener acceso a la consola administrativa en el sistema de destino para poder aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad.

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.2

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-24 CVE Reserved
2023-09-19 CVE Published
2023-09-21 Exploited in Wild
2023-10-12 KEV Due Date
2024-09-25 CVE Updated
2024-09-26 EPSS Updated
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706	2023-09-22
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994	2023-09-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro"	Apex One Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Apex One"	2019 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Apex One" and version "2019"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro"	Apex One Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Apex One"	2019 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Apex One" and version "2019"	saas	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro"	Worry-free Business Security Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Worry-free Business Security"	10.0 Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Worry-free Business Security" and version "10.0"	sp1	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Trendmicro Search vendor "Trendmicro"	Worry-free Business Security Services Search vendor "Trendmicro" for product "Worry-free Business Security Services"	-	saas	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe