What is CVE-2019-19929?

CVE-2019-19929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarebytes Adwcleaner, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-19929?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Malwarebytes Adwcleaner

CVE-2019-19929

An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Malwarebytes Adwcleaner
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19929?: CVE-2019-19929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarebytes Adwcleaner, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-19929?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.