Executable installers are vulnerable^WEVIL (case 31): MalwareBytes' installers allows arbitrary (remote) code execution WITH escalation of privilege

Posted by Stefan Kanthak on Mar 09

Hi @ll,

Malwarebytes executable installers mbam-setup-2.2.0.1024.exe
and mbae-setup-1.08.1.1189.exe (available from
<https://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbam_current/> and
<https://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbae_current/>) load
and execute UXTheme.dll and DWMAPI.dll from their “application
directory”.

For software downloaded with a web browser the application
directory is typically the user’s…

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