Patched flaw hard to exploit, but serious once you get there, warn infoseccers Webroot antivirus goes bananas, starts trashing Windows system files
Details of a locally exploitable but kernel-level flaw in Webroot's SecureAnywhere macOS security software were revealed yesterday, months after the bug was patched. The fact that the memory corruption bug (CVE-2018-16962) is locally exploitable limited its utility to black hats. If it was the only tool in their kit, it would be of little use to your average bad guy. The hacker would have to be either already logged into a vulnerable Mac themselves or have passed the point where they had already...