CVE-2019-19929

An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/	Vendor Advisory
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-12-23 02:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2019-19929

Mitre link : CVE-2019-19929

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-19929

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Products Affected

malwarebytes

adwcleaner

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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