VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8452
Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-65, CWE-59
- Affected
- checkpoint/endpoint security · checkpoint/zonealarm
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154754/CheckPoint-Endpoint-Security-Client-ZoneAlarm-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://supportcenter.us.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk150012Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154754/CheckPoint-Endpoint-Security-Client-ZoneAlarm-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://supportcenter.us.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk150012Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.