CVE-2025-67905

HIGH

8.7

Description

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link, a related issue to CVE-2023-28892. To exploit this, an attacker must create a file in a given folder path and intercept the application log file deletion flow.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.18.7

SeveriteHIGH

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisLOW

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie2/17/2026

Derniere modification2/18/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://Malwarebytes.com(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2025-67905(cve@mitre.org)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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