Arbitrary Command Execution in Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
CVE-2023-41179

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Trend Micro
Status
Trend Micro Apex One
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 September 2023

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👾 Exploit Exists🦅 CISA Reported📰 News Worthy

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the third-party antivirus uninstaller module within Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security that allows an attacker with administrative console access to manipulate the module. This could enable the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the compromised system, potentially leading to further exploitation or system compromise. It is essential for users of affected Trend Micro products to assess their security configurations and ensure they have appropriate access controls in place to mitigate this risk.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected Version(s)

Trend Micro Apex One 2019 (14.0) < 14.0.0.12380

Trend Micro Apex One SaaS < 14.0.12637

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 < 10.0 SP1 Build 2495

News Articles

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Critical Trend Micro vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-41179) - Help Net Security

Trend Micro has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) in its enterprise endpoint security products that is being exploited.

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • 📰

    First article discovered by Help Net Security

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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