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CVE-2016-10717
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-21T21:29:00.280 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:40:13.453

Summary

A vulnerability in the encryption and permission implementation of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware consumer version 2.2.1 and prior (fixed in 3.0.4) allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature (exclusions.dat under %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData) to permit execution of unauthorized applications including malware and malicious websites. Files blacklisted by Malwarebytes Malware Protect can be executed, and domains blacklisted by Malwarebytes Web Protect can be reached through HTTP.

Affected products

malwarebytes — malwarebytes_anti-malware

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References

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