CVE-2019-8452

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-8452
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-22 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-22 17:17:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Checkpoint Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Checkpoint Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Checkpoint Zonealarm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall release history official page | ZoneAlarm MISC www.zonealarm.com Vendor Advisory
Enterprise Endpoint Security E80.96 Windows Clients CONFIRM supportcenter.us.checkpoint.com Vendor Advisory
CheckPoint Endpoint Security Client / ZoneAlarm Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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