An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.
History

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-421
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes malwarebytes
Vendors & Products Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes malwarebytes

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:45:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-08-15T16:39:55.739Z

Reserved: 2023-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-43687

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-15T16:39:49.915Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-14T18:15:26.270

Modified: 2025-08-15T17:15:31.127

Link: CVE-2023-43687

cve-icon Redhat

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