CVE-2023-28892: Malwarebytes Adwcleaner

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleaner_Debug.log in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link.

Affected products

• Malwarebytes Adwcleaner: up to and including 8.4.0

Published 2023-03-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.