CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-28892

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-03-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• malwarebytes adwcleaner (<= 8.4.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References