CVE-2023-7241 (GCVE-0-2023-7241)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-01 16:49 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Webroot Antivirus COM-Hijacking LPE
Summary
Privilege Escalation in WRSA.EXE in Webroot Antivirus 8.0.1X- 9.0.35.12 on
Windows64 bit and 32 bit allows malicious software to abuse WRSA.EXE to delete arbitrary and protected files.
Severity
7.9 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-02 18:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webroot | Webroot AntiVirus (Consumer) and Webroot Endpoint Protection (Business) |
Affected:
8.0.1 , < 9.0.35.17
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| webroot | anti-virus-and-endpoint-protection |
Affected:
-
cpe:2.3:a:webroot:anti-virus-and-endpoint-protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-05-01 04:25
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