CVE-2023-28892 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0. A non-administrative user can exploit an insecure file deletion operation, leveraging a symbolic link to elevate privileges to SYSTEM. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability shows minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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.