Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security
CVE-2023-41179
Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security contain an unspecified vulnerability in the third-party anti-virus uninstaller that could allow an attacker to manipulate the module to conduct remote code execution. An attacker must first obtain administrative console access on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
What this means for your business
- It affects Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 21 September 2023.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 91% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security.
- 2If you do, follow CISA's required action below. No patch reference has been published yet.
- 3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 12 October 2023. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
- 4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.
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Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
Scoring
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
Dates
- Published
- 2023-09-21
- Added to KEV
- 2023-09-21
- Remediation due
- 2023-10-12
- Sources
- CISA KEV