CVE-2021-43768
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMalwarebytes for Teams
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In Malwarebytes For Teams v.1.0.990 and before and fixed in v.1.0.1003 and later a privilege escalation can occur via the COM interface running in mbamservice.exe.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.0.990
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-269
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