{"id":"CVE-2014-4936","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-4936","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:39:00.621Z","title":"The upgrade functionality in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) consumer before 2.0.3 and Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MBAE) consumer 1.04.1.1012 and earlier allow man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the update server and…","description":"The upgrade functionality in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) consumer before 2.0.3 and Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MBAE) consumer 1.04.1.1012 and earlier allow man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the update server and uploading an executable.","published":"2014-12-16T18:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:10:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-345"],"affected":["malwarebytes/malwarebytes anti-exploit","malwarebytes/malwarebytes anti-malware"],"epss":{"score":0.16784,"percentile":0.97049,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2014-12-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41701,"kind":"exploit","title":"Malwarebytes Anti-Malware < 2.0.3 / Anti-Exploit < 1.03.1.1220 - Update Code Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41701","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/41701.rb","file":"exploits/windows/local/41701.rb","published":"2014-12-16","added":"2017-03-23","updated":"2017-03-23","author":"Metasploit","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2014-4936","OSVDB-116050"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/b08d1ad8d8d6c0f5cb63cc44e3ff75efb9edb7b3/modules/exploits/windows/browser/malwarebytes_update_exec.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.0x3a.com/post/104954032239/cve-2014-4936-malwarebytes-anti-malware-and","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130244/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware-Anti-Exploit-Update-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blog.0x3a.com/post/104954032239/cve-2014-4936-malwarebytes-anti-malware-and","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130244/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware-Anti-Exploit-Update-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4936","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}