CVE-2023-28892

2023-03-2900:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

malwarebytes

adwcleaner

8.4.0

insecure file delete

vulnerability

privilege escalation

symbolic link

AI Score

7.9

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.