CVE-2021-43768
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-24
Last updated on: 2025-10-27
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| malwarebytes | malwarebytes_for_teams | 4.1.2.73 |
| malwarebytes | malwarebytes_for_teams | 1.0.990 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-269 | The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue in Malwarebytes For Teams version 1.0.990 and earlier. It occurs via the COM interface running in the mbamservice.exe process, allowing an attacker to gain higher privileges than intended.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow an attacker to escalate their privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive functions or data, which could lead to further compromise of the system.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Update Malwarebytes For Teams to version 1.0.1003 or later, as the vulnerability is fixed in these versions.