CVE-2019-8455
Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 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
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-65, CWE-59
- Affected
- checkpoint/zonealarm
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.