{"id":"CVE-2018-16962","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16962","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:19.145Z","title":"Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.","description":"Webroot SecureAnywhere before 9.0.8.34 on macOS mishandles access to the driver by a process that lacks root privileges.","published":"2018-09-12T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-123"],"affected":["webroot/secureanywhere"],"epss":{"score":0.00516,"percentile":0.43707,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=10&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&json=1&solutionid=2022","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2018-009/?fid=11720","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-16962--Webroot-SecureAnywhere-macOS-Kernel-Level-Memory-Corruption/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=10&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&json=1&solutionid=2022","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16962","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}