PT-2018-4886 · Malwarebytes · Malwarebytes Antimalware

Published 2018-03-21 · Updated 2018-04-18 · CVE-2016-10717

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Malwarebytes Anti-Malware versions prior to 3.0.4

Description A vulnerability in the encryption and permission implementation allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature, permitting execution of unauthorized applications, including malware and malicious websites. This enables files blacklisted by Malwarebytes Malware Protect to be executed, and domains blacklisted by Malwarebytes Web Protect to be reached through HTTP.

Recommendations For Malwarebytes Anti-Malware versions prior to 3.0.4, update to version 3.0.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10717

Affected Products

Malwarebytes Antimalware

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/mspaling/mbam-exclusions-poc-/blob/master/mbam-whitelist-poc.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mspaling/mbam-exclusions-poc- · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/158251-malwarebytes-hall-of-fame · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10717 · Security Note
• http://securitytube.net/video/16690 · Note
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=LF5ic5nOoUY · Note