CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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10.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware up to 2.02 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 12/16/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.0x3a.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4936 since 07/11/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/07/2022).
It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83957 (Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit < 1.04.1.1012 RCE), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19467.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99894) and Tenable (83957).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 10.0
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Exploiting
Class: Data authenticityCWE: CWE-345
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 83957
Nessus Name: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit < 1.04.1.1012 RCE
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OpenVAS ID: 801402
OpenVAS Name: Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware Upgrade Man-In-The-Middle Attack (Windows)
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MetaSploit ID: malwarebytes_update_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit Update Remote Code Execution
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/11/2014 🔍12/11/2014 🔍
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03/27/2015 🔍
05/19/2015 🔍
06/03/2015 🔍
04/07/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 130244Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2014-4936 (🔍)
X-Force: 99894
Vulnerability Center: 50223 - Malwarebytes Anti-Malware <2.0.3, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit <=1.04.1.1012 Remote Man-in-the-Middle and Code Execution, Critical
Entry
Created: 03/27/2015 14:56Updated: 04/07/2022 21:30
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (61), 06/29/2017 07:15 (5), 04/07/2022 21:16 (3), 04/07/2022 21:30 (1)
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