CVE-2023-29818 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue found in Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection CE 23.1 v.9.0.33.39 and before allows a local attacker to bypass protections via the default allowlist feature being stored as non-admin.

Published: 2023-05-12

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webroot:secureanywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33356	An issue found in Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection CE 23.1 v.9.0.33.39 and before allows a local attacker to bypass protections via the default allowlist feature being stored as non-admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00007.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://secureanywhere.com
http://webroot.com
https://www.spenceralessi.com/CVEs/2023-05-10-Webroot-SecureAnywhere/

History

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Webroot Secureanywhere

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T15:37:39.787Z

Reserved: 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-29818

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:14:39.942Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T11:15:12.887

Modified: 2025-01-24T16:15:29.943

Link: CVE-2023-29818

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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