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JVNDB-2023-003721

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2023-09-20 13:58 - Updated:2024-05-09 18:22

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Trend Micro Endpoint security products for enterprises vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

Details

Trend Micro Endpoint security products for enterprises provided by Trend Micro Incorporated contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CWE-94, CVE-2023-41179) in 3rd Party AV Uninstaller Module. Trend Micro Incorporated states that an attack exploiting this vulnerability has been observed. Trend Micro Incorporated reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC to notify users of the solution through JVN.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	http://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41179
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41179
	JPCERT	https://www.jpcert.or.jp/english/at/2023/at230021.html
	CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
	Code Injection(CWE-94)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

	Trend Micro, Inc.	Apex One
	Trend Micro, Inc.	Worry-Free Business Security
	Trend Micro, Inc.	Worry-Free Business Security Services

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CVE-2023-41179 (GCVE-0-2023-41179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-19 13:44 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05

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.

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


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

CWE

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

Assigner

trendmicro

References

URL

Tags

	https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994
	https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000294706
	https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90967486/

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Trend Micro, Inc.

Trend Micro Apex One

Affected: 2019 (14.0) , < 14.0.0.12380 (semver)

Trend Micro, Inc.	Trend Micro Apex One	Affected: SaaS , < 14.0.12637 (semver)
Trend Micro, Inc.	Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security	Affected: 10.0 SP1 , < 10.0 SP1 Build 2495 (semver)
Trend Micro, Inc.	Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services	Affected: SaaS , < 6.7.3578 / 14.3.1105 (semver)

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JVNDB-2023-003721

CVE-2023-41179 (GCVE-0-2023-41179)

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