CVE-2019-8455

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1

Description

A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-8455

Assigner
cve@checkpoint.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-04-17T15:29:01

Last Modified Date
2020-10-22T17:16:22

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:zonealarm::::::::	1	OR		15.4.062

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.6

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#15.4.260.17960	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108029	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8455
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8455

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:22:29				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 19:39:45	2019-04-17T15:29Z	2019-04-17T15:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:39:45		2020-10-22T17:16:22	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:39:45		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated