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high 7.8

CVE-2018-16962 json

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

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8750

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • webroot secureanywhere 9.0.8.34

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Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2018-009/?fid=11720 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-16962--Webroot-SecureAnywhere-macOS-Kernel-Level-Memory-Corruption/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-123 Write-what-where Condition

References

Sources

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