{"id":"CVE-2019-8452","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-8452","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:20.554Z","title":"Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.","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.","published":"2019-04-22T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:42:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@checkpoint.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-65","CWE-59"],"affected":["checkpoint/endpoint security","checkpoint/zonealarm"],"epss":{"score":0.01038,"percentile":0.63729,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-10-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47471,"kind":"exploit","title":"CheckPoint Endpoint Security Client/ZoneAlarm 15.4.062.17802 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47471","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/47471.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/47471.txt","published":"2019-10-07","added":"2019-10-07","updated":"2019-10-07","author":"Jakub Palaczynski","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-8452"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154754/CheckPoint-Endpoint-Security-Client-ZoneAlarm-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"https://supportcenter.us.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk150012","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154754/CheckPoint-Endpoint-Security-Client-ZoneAlarm-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://supportcenter.us.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk150012","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8452","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}