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TI-2016-08758 Aliases CVE-2016-10717GHSA-mxwp-9ccw-xhq3

A vulnerability in the encryption and permission implementation of Malwarebytes…

Priority LOW 37CWE-254Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability in the encryption and permission implementation of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware consumer version 2.2.1 and prior (fixed in 3.0.4) allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature (exclusions.dat under %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData) to permit execution of unauthorized applications including malware and malicious websites. Files blacklisted by Malwarebytes Malware Protect can be executed, and domains blacklisted by Malwarebytes Web Protect can be reached through HTTP.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes_anti-malware:2.2.1:*:*:*:consumer:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerableMalwarebytes
  • cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes_anti-malware:2.2.1:*:*:*:consumer:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Malwarebytes

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10717
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxwp-9ccw-xhq3

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 3

  • TI-2014-04054 The upgrade functionality in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) consumer before 2.0.3 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

Sources

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