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CVE-2019-19929

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.

Affected products

• Malwarebytes Adwcleaner: before 8.0.1 — fixed in 8.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Malwarebytes Adwcleaner 8.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/
• https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/
• https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/
• https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/

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