CVE-2018-16962
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that...
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2018-16962- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-123
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2018-16962- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8750 No score
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8750- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g76p-q66j-mc8v
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that...
Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.
- Record
GHSA-g76p-q66j-mc8v- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-123
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16962 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Webroot Secureanywhere, published September 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=10&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&json=1&solutionid=2022
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16962
trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2018-009?fid=11720
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g76p-q66j-mc8v