CVE-2021-43768

5.3 MEDIUM

Published: October 24, 2025 Modified: October 27, 2025

Description

In Malwarebytes For Teams v.1.0.990 and before and fixed in v.1.0.1003 and later a privilege escalation can occur via the COM interface running in mbamservice.exe.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://hackerone.com/reports/895316

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2021-43768

Source: cve@mitre.org

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

5.3 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

13th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

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