What is CVE-2020-5755?

CVE-2020-5755 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webroot Endpoint Agents, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-5755?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Webroot Endpoint Agents

CVE-2020-5755

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Webroot Endpoint_agents
N/a Webroot Secureanywhere — versions All versions prior to version v9.0.28.48

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5755?: CVE-2020-5755 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webroot Endpoint Agents, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-5755?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.