CVE-2019-8452 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Check Point ZoneAlarm up to version 15.4.062 and Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96. An attacker can create a hard link from a log file archive to any system file, causing its permissions to be altered, granting all users access. This allows a local attacker to gain higher privileges to the linked file, with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog and with minimal community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-47471) exists, demonstrating its exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< e80.96CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
<= 15.4.062CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:zonealarm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.