VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-5755

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732

Primary references