CVE-2023-28892

7.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.8) in malwarebytes adwcleaner. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2023-03-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

malwarebytes:adwcleaner

References

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

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