CVE-2023-28892

HIGH EPSS 38.4%

Published Mar 29, 20233y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

7.8 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Mar 29, 2023 3y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleaner_Debug.log in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link.

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.8

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

5.9

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

38.4% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
malwarebytes	adwcleaner	*	≤8.4.0

References 3

forums.malwarebytes.com https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/307429-release-adwcleaner-841/
malwarebytes.com https://malwarebytes.com

Product
malwarebytes.com https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892

Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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