CVE-2023-28892

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 29, 2023
Updated: Aug 2, 2024
Reserved: Mar 27, 2023

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://malwarebytes.com/
https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/307429-release-adwcleaner-841/

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