High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5755
CVE-2020-5755
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <v9.0.28.48
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-36nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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