CVE-2018-16962 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2018-16962?

CVE-2018-16962 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-123

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16962?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Webroot Secureanywhere.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16962?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-16962 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16962 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-40424 Denial of service in Secure Anywhere High 7.1
• CVE-2021-40425 Denial of service in Secure Anywhere High 7.1
• CVE-2023-29818 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 5.5
• CVE-2023-29819 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 5.5
• CVE-2023-29820 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g76p-q66j-mc8v.