PT-2019-16010 · Malwarebytes · Malwarebytes Adwcleaner

Günter Born + 1 · Published 2019-12-23 · Updated 2020-01-03 · CVE-2019-19929

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Malwarebytes AdwCleaner versions prior to 8.0.1

Description The issue is related to an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, which could lead to arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.0.1, update to version 8.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-19929

Affected Products

Malwarebytes Adwcleaner

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19929 · Security Note
• https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19929 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability · Note