What is CVE-2020-25533?

CVE-2020-25533 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarebytes, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-25533?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Malwarebytes

CVE-2020-25533

An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.0 on macOS. A malicious application was able to perform a privileged action within the Malwarebytes launch daemon. The privileged service improperly validated XPC connections by relying on t…

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (16.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Malwarebytes
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25533?: CVE-2020-25533 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malwarebytes, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-25533?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.