CVE-2020-6021

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-6021
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-03 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-05 14:48:00 UTC
DescriptionCheck Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows before version E84.20 allows write access to the directory from which the installation repair takes place. Since the MS Installer allows regular users to run the repair, an attacker can initiate the installation repair and place a specially crafted DLL in the repair folder which will run with the Endpoint client’s privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Enterprise Endpoint Security E84.20 Windows Clients MISC supportcontent.checkpoint.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375472 Check Point Security Client Write Access to The Directory Vulnerability
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