{"id":"CVE-2019-8455","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-8455","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:36:55.111Z","title":"Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.","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.","published":"2019-04-17T15:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:42:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@checkpoint.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-65","CWE-59"],"affected":["checkpoint/zonealarm"],"epss":{"score":0.00392,"percentile":0.33057,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"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-2019-8455","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."}