Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows versions earlier than E86.40 copy files for forensics reports from a directory with low pr…

published 2022-05-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28678

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.2%; EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 0; none known

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows versions earlier than E86.40 copy files for forensics reports from a directory with low privileges. An attacker can replace those files with malicious or linked content, such as exploiting CVE-2020-0896 on unpatched systems or using symbolic links.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

checkpoint endpoint_security e86.40

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-26)

Exploit prediction

4.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	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

n/a Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows

Classification

Weakness

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

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-23742
NVD CVE-2022-23742

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Summary