CVE-2014-4936

Exp

The upgrade functionality in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) consumer before 2.0.3 and Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MBAE) consumer 1.04.1.1012 and earlier allow man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the update server and uploading an executable.

Published: 2014-12-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-4936 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.78%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-4936

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41701 exploit_db edb 2014-12-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4936

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 18.95% 16.78% -2.16%
2 2026-03-04 20.63% 18.95% -1.68%
3 2026-03-01 20.63%

Full EPSS history (44 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4936

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-4936

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4936

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
malwarebytes malwarebytes_anti-exploit <= 1.04.1.1012 cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes_anti-exploit:*:*:*:*:consumer:*:*:*
malwarebytes malwarebytes_anti-malware <= 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes_anti-malware:*:*:*:*:consumer:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4936

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