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TI-2019-14374 Aliases CVE-2019-19929GHSA-mq9q-8qmj-v9gr

An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could…

Priority LOW 36CWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00871 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.0.1VulnerableMalwarebytes
  • cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:adwcleaner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.0.1 Vulnerable ·Malwarebytes

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19929
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mq9q-8qmj-v9gr

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2020-09229 An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.0.3 could cause… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-13387 Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources

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