CVE-2023-28892

Published Mar 29, 2023

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "258E0106-029F-4EE3-B0EB-7265F6CE0641",
            "versionEndIncluding": "8.4.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References