CVE-2018-16962 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Webroot SecureAnywhere for macOS versions prior to 9.0.8.34, where a non-root process can improperly access the driver. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows an attacker with local, low-privileged access to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.0.8.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webroot:secureanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.