CVE-2019-19929 describes an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner versions prior to 8.0.1. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges if a malicious DLL is loaded by the product. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but once triggered, it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.