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CVE-2023-41179

64
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-41179 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CWE-94) in the third-party AV uninstaller module of Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security products. This flaw allows an attacker with administrative console access to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this zero-day has been actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community and media attention, despite no public exploit code being available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security:10.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:worry-free_business_security_services:-:*:*:*:saas:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Sep 21, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0474 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
jvn.jp / en/vu/JVNVU90967486
Third Party Advisory
success.trendmicro.com / jp/solution/000294706
Broken Link
success.trendmicro.com / solution/000294994
Broken Link