CVE-2016-10717

HIGH

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware <= 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Whitelisting Bypass via Exclusions.dat

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0106
EPSS Percentile 60.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (1)
malwarebytes/malwarebytes_anti-malware 2.2.1
Published Mar 21, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026