CVE-2020-5755

HIGH

Webroot endpoint agents <v9.0.28.48 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-36

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
webroot/endpoint_agents < 9.0.28.48
Published Jun 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026