CVE-2025-67905

8.7 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.7). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link, a related issue to CVE-2023-28892. To exploit this, an attacker must create a file in a given folder path and intercept the application log file deletion flow.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.7 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2026-02-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://Malwarebytes.com
https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2025-67905

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