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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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  • Webroot Software/Endpoint Agents2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:webroot:endpoint_agents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:webroot:endpoint_agents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <9.0.28.48
    • (no CPE)range: <v9.0.28.48

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