PT-2018-13799 · Webroot · Webroot Secure Anywhere

Published 2018-09-12 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2018-16962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Webroot SecureAnywhere versions prior to 9.0.8.34

Description The issue arises from the mishandling of access to the driver by a process lacking root privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.8.34, update to version 9.0.8.34 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-123

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16962

Affected Products

Webroot Secure Anywhere

References · 5

• 🔥 https://trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-16962--Webroot-SecureAnywhere-macOS-Kernel-Level-Memory-Corruption · Exploit
• 🔥 https://trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2018-009/?fid=11720 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16962 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16962 · Vendor Advisory
• http://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=10&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&json=1&solutionid=2022 · Vendor Advisory