HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-4936

Malwarebytes Anti Exploit vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
16.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The upgrade functionality in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) consumer before 2.0.3 and Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MBAE) consumer 1.04.1.1012 and earlier allow man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the update server and uploading an executable.
Affected vendor
Malwarebytes
Affected product
Malwarebytes Anti Exploit
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Published
2014-12-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Malwarebytes Malwarebytes Anti Exploit is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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