PT-2024-15246 · Webroot · Webroot Antivirus

Kolja Grassmann · Published 2024-05-01 · Updated 2025-02-12 · CVE-2023-7241

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.9

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Webroot Antivirus versions 8.0.1 through 9.0.35.12

Description The issue allows malicious software to abuse WRSA.EXE to delete arbitrary and protected files due to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This vulnerability affects Webroot Antivirus on both Windows 64-bit and 32-bit systems.

Recommendations For versions 8.0.1 through 9.0.35.12, consider disabling the WRSA.EXE functionality until a patch is available to prevent malicious software from abusing it to delete arbitrary and protected files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-7241

Affected Products

Webroot Antivirus

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7241 · Security Note
• https://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&solutionid=4258 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1785739264694587894 · Twitter Post
• https://webroot.com/us/en/support/support-consumer-release-notes · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1785957026100584509 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Neodyme/status/1889693177415684356 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1785747629135040809 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1785719552032047281 · Twitter Post
• https://webroot.com/us/en/business/support/release-notes#heading-endpoint · Note