CVE-2023-28892

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p40

Published

Mar 29, 2023 (Mar 29, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: malwarebytes
Products: adwcleaner
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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