PT-2025-33354 · Malwarebytes · Malwarebytes

Published 2025-08-14 · Updated 2025-08-16 · CVE-2023-43687

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Malwarebytes versions prior to 4.6.14.326 Malwarebytes versions prior to 5.1.5.116

Description: A race condition exists in Malwarebytes due to a lack of locks between file verification and execution, potentially leading to code execution.

Recommendations: Update Malwarebytes to version 4.6.14.326 or later. Update Malwarebytes to version 5.1.5.116 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-421

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-43687

Affected Products

Malwarebytes

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43687 · Security Note
• https://malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-43687 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1956102563138249091 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1956654826923970708 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132315 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30024 · Telegram Post