CVE-2024-7824

Local service crash via wrUrl.dll type confusion

Published Oct 3, 2024 · Updated Oct 3, 2024

Type confusion in wrUrl.dll in Webroot SecureAnywhere Web Shield before 2.1.2.3 allows local users to crash WRSA.exe. OpenText identifies incompatible-type resource access in wrUrl.dll but has not disclosed the resource, code path, or untrusted input that triggers it. The published finding limits the demonstrated result to a WRSA.exe crash and crash-dump generation; no code execution is reported.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability0.42%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Type confusion in wrUrl.dll in Webroot SecureAnywhere Web Shield before 2.1.2.3 allows local users to crash WRSA.exe. OpenText identifies incompatible-type resource access in wrUrl.dll but has not disclosed the resource, code path, or untrusted input that triggers it. The published finding limits the demonstrated result to a WRSA.exe crash and crash-dump generation; no code execution is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-7824
Published
Oct 3, 2024
Updated
Oct 3, 2024
Vendor
Webroot
Product
Webroot SecureAnywhere Web Shield
Classifications
CWE-843, CAPEC-212
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2.1.2.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Webroot · Webroot SecureAnywhere Web Shieldversion=0 <2.1.2.3

Published CVSS scores

6.3OpenTextAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CAPEC-212Functionality Misuse

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