VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8459
This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with the VPN blade, before version E80.83, starts a process without using quotes in the path. This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Affected
- checkpoint/jumbo hotfix for endpoint security server · checkpoint/endpoint security server package · checkpoint/smartconsole for endpoint security server · checkpoint/endpoint security clients · checkpoint/remote access clients · checkpoint/capsule docs standalone client
- Source
- cve@checkpoint.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.