CVE-2022-41604 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security versions prior to 15.8.211.19229. It stems from weak directory permissions and a self-protection driver bypass, allowing an attacker to perform an arbitrary file move as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local access. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.8.211.19229CPE 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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.