CVE-2023-41179: Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.2. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-09-21. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One: version 2019 only
• Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security: version 10.0 only
• Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services: affected versions not specified

Published 2023-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.