CVE-2020-5755 Privilege escalation in Webroot SecureAnywhere
Attackers can hijack DLLs in an unprotected directory to achieve privilege escalation or cause a crash in Webroot SecureAnywhere agents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5755?
CVE-2020-5755 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webroot SecureAnywhere, published on 15 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5755?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webroot Endpoint Agents.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5755?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5755 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5755 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5755 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Webroot SecureAnywhere
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qx35-x976-56xh.