{"id":"CVE-2022-23743","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-23743","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:38:31.460Z","title":"Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.200.19118 allows a local actor to escalate privileges during the upgrade process.","description":"Check Point ZoneAlarm before version 15.8.200.19118 allows a local actor to escalate privileges during the upgrade process. In addition, weak permissions in the ProgramData\\CheckPoint\\ZoneAlarm\\Data\\Updates directory allow a local attacker the ability to execute an arbitrary file write, leading to execution of code as local system, in ZoneAlarm versions before v15.8.211.192119","published":"2022-05-11T16:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:30:45.000Z","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-269","CWE-732"],"affected":["checkpoint/zonealarm"],"epss":{"score":0.00419,"percentile":0.35964,"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 (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@checkpoint.com"},{"url":"https://www.zonealarm.com/software/extreme-security/release-history","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23743","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."}