{"id":"CVE-2023-28892","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-28892","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:55:35.586Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2023-03-29T15:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:48:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["malwarebytes/adwcleaner"],"epss":{"score":0.00489,"percentile":0.41782,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/307429-release-adwcleaner-841/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://malwarebytes.com","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/307429-release-adwcleaner-841/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://malwarebytes.com","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-28892","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28892","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."}