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CVE-2023-28892

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

• Malwarebytes Adwcleaner: through 8.4.0

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
• https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892

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