CVE-2023-7241 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Privilege Escalation in WRSA.EXE in Webroot Antivirus 8.0.1X- 9.0.35.12 on

Windows64 bit and 32 bit allows malicious software to abuse WRSA.EXE to delete arbitrary and protected files.

Published: 2024-05-01

Score: 7.9 High

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

Webroot

Webroot AntiVirus (Consumer) and Webroot Endpoint Protection (Business)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.0.1`	affected	< 9.0.35.17

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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-2023-59422	Privilege Escalation in WRSA.EXE in Webroot Antivirus 8.0.1X- 9.0.35.12 on Windows64 bit and 32 bit allows malicious software to abuse WRSA.EXE to delete arbitrary and protected files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?&app=vw&vw=1&login=1&solutionid=4258
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/support/release-notes#heading-endpoint
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/support/support-consumer-release-notes

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0005}`	epss `{'score': 0.00052}`

Subscriptions

No data.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenText

Published: 2024-05-01T16:49:00.697Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.475Z

Reserved: 2024-01-25T15:14:02.922Z

Link: CVE-2023-7241

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.475Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-01T17:15:27.860

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-7241

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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