CVE-2019-8455 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Check Point ZoneAlarm versions up to 15.4.062. An attacker can create a hard-link from the ZoneAlarm log file to any system file, causing the linked file's permissions to be altered, granting all users access. This allows a local attacker to gain higher privileges to sensitive files. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 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:N
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