CVE-2019-8461

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-8461
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-29 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:52:00 UTC
DescriptionCheck Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows before version E81.30 tries to load a DLL placed in any PATH location on a clean image without Endpoint Client installed. An attacker can leverage this to gain LPE using a specially crafted DLL placed in any PATH location accessible with write permissions to the user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Checkpoint Capsule Docs Standalone Client All All All All
Application Checkpoint Capsule Docs Standalone Client All All All All
Application Checkpoint Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Checkpoint Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Checkpoint Remote Access Clients All All All All
Application Checkpoint Remote Access Clients All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Enterprise Endpoint Security E81.30 Windows Clients MISC supportcenter.checkpoint.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Check Point Endpoint Security Initial Client for Windows - Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM MISC safebreach.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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