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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2019-8452 json

A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows befor…

published 2019-04-22 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-17842

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.

Patch / fix

  • checkpoint endpoint_security e80.96

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47471)

Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47471 CheckPoint Endpoint Security Client/ZoneAlarm 15.4.062.17802 - Privilege Escalation local, 2019-10-07
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154754/CheckPoint-Endpoint-Security-Client-ZoneAlarm-Privilege-Escalation.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Check Point ZoneAlarm Check Point ZoneAlarm
  • Check Point ZoneAlarm Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-65 Windows Hard Link
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.