CVE-2019-19929

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-426

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801/Vendor Advisory
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/Third Party Advisory
https://borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801/Vendor Advisory
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 23, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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