CVE-2016-10717

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10717
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-21 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-04-18 13:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-254

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Malwarebytes Malwarebytes Anti-malware 2.2.1 All All All
Application Malwarebytes Malwarebytes Anti-malware 2.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malwarebytes Hall of Fame - Malwarebytes News - Malwarebytes Forums MISC forums.malwarebytes.com Vendor Advisory
mbam-exclusions-poc-/mbam-whitelist-poc.txt at master · mspaling/mbam-exclusions-poc- · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - mspaling/mbam-exclusions-poc-: Proof of concept python file that will overwrite a valid exclusions.dat with a crafted exclusions.dat which permits malicious files to run. MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
You Don't See Me - Abusing Whitelists to Hide and Run Malware - Richo Healy, Michael Spaling - YouTube MISC www.youtube.com Third Party Advisory
Bsideslv 2016 - You Don't See Me - Abusing Whitelists To Hide And Run Malware - Michael Spaling MISC www.securitytube.net Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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