What is CVE-2021-43768?

CVE-2021-43768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-43768?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in N/a

CVE-2021-43768

In Malwarebytes For Teams v.1.0.990 and before and fixed in v.1.0.1003 and later a privilege escalation can occur via the COM interface running in mbamservice.exe.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43768?: CVE-2021-43768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-43768?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.