Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2020 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2020-5755
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Webroot SecureAnywhere. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Webroot endpoint agents prior to version v9.0.28.48 did not protect the "%PROGRAMDATA%\WrData\PKG" directory against renaming. This could allow attackers to trigger a crash or wait upon Webroot service restart to rewrite and hijack dlls in this directory for privilege escalation.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Webroot SecureAnywhere | All versions prior to version v9.0.28.48 |
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-36 x_refsource_MISC