CVE-2019-8458 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows (before E81.00) when the Anti-Malware blade is installed. It involves a non-existent DLL loading during a UI-initiated update, which an attacker with administrator privileges can exploit for code execution within a Check Point signed binary, potentially causing client termination. The CVSS score is 4.4, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< e81.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:endpoint_security_clients:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
< e81.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:remote_access_clients:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
< e81.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:capsule_docs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.