High Threat Security Alert (A23-09-15): Vulnerability in Trend Micro Products

Description:

Trend Micro has published a security advisory to address the vulnerability in Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security. The details of the security update can be found at:
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994

Reports indicate that the vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) is being exploited in the wild. You are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

Affected Systems:

• Trend Micro Apex One 2019 (On-prem)
• Trend Micro Apex One as a Service (SaaS)
• Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1
• Worry-Free Business Security Services – (SaaS)

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Patches for affected software are available. System administrators of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the software vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000294994
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41179