FKIE_CVE-2023-41179

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-19 14:15 - Updated: 2025-10-31 14:42
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@trendmicro.comhttps://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/Third Party Advisory
security@trendmicro.comhttps://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706Broken Link
security@trendmicro.comhttps://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994Broken Link
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41179US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trendmicro apex_one 2019
trendmicro apex_one 2019
trendmicro worry-free_business_security 10.0
trendmicro worry-free_business_security_services -
microsoft windows -
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