CVE-2019-19929
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause...
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.
- Record
CVE-2019-19929- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.
- Record
CVE-2019-19929- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9518 No score
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9518- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mq9q-8qmj-v9gr No score
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause...
An Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before 8.0.1 could cause arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges when a malicious DLL library is loaded by the product.
- Record
GHSA-mq9q-8qmj-v9gr- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19929 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Malwarebytes Adwcleaner, published December 23, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/254898-release-adwcleaner-801
bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adwcleaner-801-fixes-dll-hijacking-vulnerability
borncity.com/win/2019/12/19/adwcleaner-8-0-1-closes-a-dll-hijacking-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19929
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq9q-8qmj-v9gr