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MitreCVE-2023-28892

HistoryMar 29, 2023 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-28892

2023-03-2915:15:07

CWE-59

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

malwarebytes

adwcleaner

vulnerability

security

cve-2023-28892

nvd

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

malwarebytesadwcleanerRange≤8.4.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
malwarebytesadwcleaner*cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
malwarebytes	adwcleaner	*	cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner::::::::

References

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

malwarebytes.com

www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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